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Citation

Svarverud E, Gilson S, Glennerster A. PLoS One 2012; 7(3): e33782.

Affiliation

Department of Optometry and Visual Science, Buskerud University College, Kongsberg, Norway.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, Public Library of Science)

DOI

10.1371/journal.pone.0033782

PMID

22479441

PMCID

PMC3315588

Abstract

It has long been assumed that there is a distorted mapping between real and 'perceived' space, based on demonstrations of systematic errors in judgements of slant, curvature, direction and separation. Here, we have applied a direct test to the notion of a coherent visual space. In an immersive virtual environment, participants judged the relative distance of two squares displayed in separate intervals. On some trials, the virtual scene expanded by a factor of four between intervals although, in line with recent results, participants did not report any noticeable change in the scene. We found that there was no consistent depth ordering of objects that can explain the distance matches participants made in this environment (e.g. A>B>D yet also A

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