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The egocentric location of a fixated visual stimulus was shifted away from the apparent median plane through induced movement. When the stimulus appeared to lie in the periphery of vision, the inducing frame was occluded resulting in autokinesis toward the phenomenally straight-ahead position. This effect was termed “induced autokinesis.” It was used in demonstrating that apparent egocentric displacement is sufficient for initiating autokinesis.
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Brosgole, L. Induced autokinesis. Perception & Psychophysics 2, 69–73 (1967). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03212464
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