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College student subjects were asked to judge perceived depth in computer-generated displays. In all displays, one lattice of points moved through a stationary lattice in either a rowwise or columnwise direction. No points of the two lattices ever touched. Two display variables, strain and shear, each had a significant effect on depth ratings. Shear, however, was only effective at the level of strain for which depth ratings were high. The results confirm earlier studies in which “topological breakage” information was found to affect depth perception. The outcome of this study suggests that principles of perceptual organization can influence the nature of effective breakage information.
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This study was completed while the first author was a graduate student and the second author a faculty member at the University of Minnesota. Preparation of this paper was supported in part by grants to the University of Minnesota, Center for Research in Human Learning, from the National Science Foundation (GB-35703X), the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (HD-01136 and HD-0098), and the Graduate School of the University of Minnesota.
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Balch, W., Shaw, R. The role of perceptual organization in the depth perception of kinetic lattice displays. Perception & Psychophysics 23, 493–498 (1978). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03199524
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