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Perceptual adaptation to prismatically created tilt of the retinal image was measured after three conditions of exposure: active, passive and no movement of the observer. No difference in magnitude of effect was found between the two movement conditions. The effects of no movement were considerably less than those attained with movement, thus indicating the effectiveness of movement-produced information for adaptation. An explanation is suggested for the no movement effect in terms of a Wertheimer righting-of-the-field.
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This research was done while the author was working as research associate with Dr. Irvin Rock and was made possible by a grant from the National Science Foundation (GB 3410). Por a more complete statement of the point of view outlined in this paper see;
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Mack, A. The role of movement in perceptual adaptation to a tilted retinal image. Perception & Psychophysics 2, 65–68 (1967). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03212463
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