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The Roelofs and induced Roelofs effects.

Authors :
Bridgeman B
Dassonville P
Lester BD
Source :
Consciousness and cognition [Conscious Cogn] 2018 Sep; Vol. 64, pp. 6-12. Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 Jun 06.
Publication Year :
2018

Abstract

The visual image provides important cues for an observer's sense of location and orientation within the world. Occasionally, though, these cues can be misleading, resulting in illusions. In the Roelofs and induced Roelofs effects, for example, a large illuminated frame, offset from the observer's midline in otherwise complete darkness, tends to bias the observer's judgment of straight ahead, causing the position of the frame, and anything contained within it, to be misperceived. Studies of these illusions have provided much insight into the processes that establish an observer's egocentric reference frame, and the manner in which object locations are encoded relative to this frame for perception and action.<br /> (Copyright © 2018 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1090-2376
Volume :
64
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Consciousness and cognition
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
29886012
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2018.05.009