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Two experiments examined the locus of induced motion effects. The first used a subjective technique to test for the presence of retinal slippage due to systematic eye movements when an observer fixates a test spot in the center of a horizontally moving rectangle. The second experiment tested for “local” retinal effects by presenting test and inducing figures dichoptically. There was no evidence of retinal slippage under conditions where induced motion was not discriminable from real motion. Moreover, good induction was produced across eyes. Implications for the locus of induced motion effects are discussed.
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Bassili, J.N., Farber, J.M. Experiments on the locus of induced motion. Perception & Psychophysics 21, 157–161 (1977). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03198719
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