distance perception

Summary

Summary: The act of knowing or the recognition of a distance by recollective thought, or by means of a sensory process which is under the influence of set and of prior experience.

Top Publications

  1. ncbi Extending or projecting peripersonal space with tools? Multisensory interactions highlight only the distal and proximal ends of tools
    Nicholas P Holmes
    Department of Experimental Psychology, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX13UD, Oxford University, UK
    Neurosci Lett 372:62-7. 2004
  2. ncbi The influence of restricted viewing conditions on egocentric distance perception: implications for real and virtual indoor environments
    Sarah H Creem-Regehr
    Department of Psychology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
    Perception 34:191-204. 2005
  3. ncbi Honeybee odometry: performance in varying natural terrain
    Juergen Tautz
    , , , Germany
    PLoS Biol 2:E211. 2004
  4. ncbi Honeybee navigation: properties of the visually driven 'odometer'
    Aung Si
    Centre for Visual Science, Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University, PO Box 475, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
    J Exp Biol 206:1265-73. 2003
  5. ncbi Action-specific influences on distance perception: a role for motor simulation
    Jessica K Witt
    Department of Psychological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
    J Exp Psychol Hum Percept Perform 34:1479-92. 2008
  6. ncbi Does energy expenditure affect the perception of egocentric distance? A failure to replicate experiment 1 of Proffitt, Stefanucci, Banton, and Epstein (2003)
    Jeffrey J Hutchison
    University of California, USA
    Span J Psychol 9:332-9; discussion 340-8. 2006
  7. ncbi The induced Roelofs effect: two visual systems or the shift of a single reference frame?
    Paul Dassonville
    Department of Psychology and Institute of Neuroscience, 1227 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403 1227, USA
    Vision Res 44:603-11. 2004
  8. ncbi Distance perception within near visual space
    A Viguier
    Centre de Recherche Cerveau et Cognition, UMR 5549 CNRS/UPS, , 133 route de Narbonne, 31062 Toulouse, France
    Perception 30:115-24. 2001
  9. ncbi Tool use affects perceived distance, but only when you intend to use it
    Jessica K Witt
    Department of Psychology, University of Virginia, PO Box 400400, Charlottesville, VA 22904, USA
    J Exp Psychol Hum Percept Perform 31:880-8. 2005
  10. ncbi The effects of handedness and reachability on perceived distance
    Sally A Linkenauger
    Department of Psychology, University of Virginia, P O Box 400400, Charlottesville, VA, 22904 4400, USA
    J Exp Psychol Hum Percept Perform 35:1649-60. 2009

Research Grants

  1. NEURAL MECHANISMS OF BINAURAL HEARING
    Shigeyuki Kuwada; Fiscal Year: 2010
  2. NEURAL MECHANISMS OF BINAURAL HEARING
    Shigeyuki Kuwada; Fiscal Year: 2007
  3. NEUROBIOLOGY OF SIMPLE OCULOMOTOR SYSTEM
    NICHOLAS STRAUSFELD; Fiscal Year: 2001
  4. Iowa Cochlear Implant Clinical Research Center V
    Bruce Gantz; Fiscal Year: 2007
  5. PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDIES OF BINAURAL HEARING AND ATTENTION
    Ervin Hafter; Fiscal Year: 2001
  6. Improvements in 3D Visualization for Vision Research
    MARTIN BANKS; Fiscal Year: 2009
  7. Improvements in 3D Visualization for Vision Research
    Martin S Banks; Fiscal Year: 2010
  8. Monocular distance Perception of reaching and grasping
    Geoffrey Bingham; Fiscal Year: 2004
  9. MONOCULAR DISTANCE PERCEPTION FOR REACHING AND GRASPING
    Geoffrey Bingham; Fiscal Year: 1999
  10. MONOCULAR DISTANCE PERCEPTION FOR REACHING AND GRASPING
    Geoffrey P Bingham; Fiscal Year: 2010

Detail Information

Publications163 found, 100 shown here

  1. ncbi Extending or projecting peripersonal space with tools? Multisensory interactions highlight only the distal and proximal ends of tools
    Nicholas P Holmes
    Department of Experimental Psychology, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX13UD, Oxford University, UK
    Neurosci Lett 372:62-7. 2004
    ....
  2. ncbi The influence of restricted viewing conditions on egocentric distance perception: implications for real and virtual indoor environments
    Sarah H Creem-Regehr
    Department of Psychology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
    Perception 34:191-204. 2005
    ..three experiments to examine the influence of field of view and binocular viewing restrictions on absolute distance perception in real-world indoor environments...
  3. ncbi Honeybee odometry: performance in varying natural terrain
    Juergen Tautz
    , , , Germany
    PLoS Biol 2:E211. 2004
    ..The bee's perception of distance flown is therefore not absolute, but scene-dependent. These findings raise important and interesting questions about how these animals navigate reliably...
  4. ncbi Honeybee navigation: properties of the visually driven 'odometer'
    Aung Si
    Centre for Visual Science, Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University, PO Box 475, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
    J Exp Biol 206:1265-73. 2003
    ..Thus, distance flown is measured by a visually driven odometer that is surprisingly robust to variations in the texture or sparseness of the visual environment through which the bee flies...
  5. ncbi Action-specific influences on distance perception: a role for motor simulation
    Jessica K Witt
    Department of Psychological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
    J Exp Psychol Hum Percept Perform 34:1479-92. 2008
    ..When a perceiver intends to perform an action, the perceiver runs a motor simulation of that action. The perceiver's ability to perform the action, as determined by the outcome of the simulation, influences perceived distance...
  6. ncbi Does energy expenditure affect the perception of egocentric distance? A failure to replicate experiment 1 of Proffitt, Stefanucci, Banton, and Epstein (2003)
    Jeffrey J Hutchison
    University of California, USA
    Span J Psychol 9:332-9; discussion 340-8. 2006
    ..In two experiments, one involving a between-participants design and the other involving a within-participants design, we found that none of the three responses were influenced by the wearing of a heavy backpack...
  7. ncbi The induced Roelofs effect: two visual systems or the shift of a single reference frame?
    Paul Dassonville
    Department of Psychology and Institute of Neuroscience, 1227 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403 1227, USA
    Vision Res 44:603-11. 2004
    ..The collaborative findings of two laboratories clearly support the biased-midline hypothesis...
  8. ncbi Distance perception within near visual space
    A Viguier
    Centre de Recherche Cerveau et Cognition, UMR 5549 CNRS/UPS, , 133 route de Narbonne, 31062 Toulouse, France
    Perception 30:115-24. 2001
    ..When only extraretinal information was available, distance perception was still correct for distances of 40 cm or less. However, distances beyond 60 cm were underestimated...
  9. ncbi Tool use affects perceived distance, but only when you intend to use it
    Jessica K Witt
    Department of Psychology, University of Virginia, PO Box 400400, Charlottesville, VA 22904, USA
    J Exp Psychol Hum Percept Perform 31:880-8. 2005
    ..These experiments suggest that the authors perceive the environment in terms of our intentions and abilities to act within it...
  10. ncbi The effects of handedness and reachability on perceived distance
    Sally A Linkenauger
    Department of Psychology, University of Virginia, P O Box 400400, Charlottesville, VA, 22904 4400, USA
    J Exp Psychol Hum Percept Perform 35:1649-60. 2009
    ..Furthermore, this effect is modulated by handedness...
  11. ncbi Who is being deceived? The experimental demands of wearing a backpack
    Frank H Durgin
    Department of Psychology, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 19081, USA
    Psychon Bull Rev 16:964-9. 2009
    ..These findings suggest that backpack effects, and other reported effects of effort on perception, are judgmental biases that result from the social, not physical, demands of the experimental context...
  12. ncbi The various perceptions of distance: an alternative view of how effort affects distance judgments
    Adam J Woods
    Department of Psychology, The George Washington University, 2125 G St, NW, Washington, DC 20052, USA
    J Exp Psychol Hum Percept Perform 35:1104-17. 2009
    ..This in no way rules out the possibility that effort influences perception in other contexts, but it does focus attention on the role of response calibration in any verbal distance estimation task...
  13. ncbi Dynamic size-change of peri-hand space through tool-use: spatial extension or shift of the multi-sensory area
    S Bonifazi
    Istituto di Riabilitazione S Stefano, Porto Potenza Picena, Macerata, Italy
    J Neuropsychol 1:101-14. 2007
    ..These findings support the view that the tool-use dependent re-mapping of peri-hand space in humans consists of a continuous elongation of visual-tactile peri-hand area from the hand towards the tip of the tool...
  14. ncbi Assessing auditory distance perception using virtual acoustics
    Pavel Zahorik
    Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin Madison, 53705, USA
    J Acoust Soc Am 111:1832-46. 2002
    ..acoustics that allows precise measurement and control of the acoustic cues thought to be salient for distance perception in a representative large-room environment...
  15. ncbi Faces are "spatial"--holistic face perception is supported by low spatial frequencies
    Valerie Goffaux
    Department of Neurocognition, Faculty of Psychology, University of Maastricht, Maastricht, Netherlands
    J Exp Psychol Hum Percept Perform 32:1023-39. 2006
    ..These findings indicate that holistic face perception is largely supported by low spatial frequencies. They also suggest that holistic processing precedes the analysis of local features during face perception...
  16. ncbi Comparing measures of monocular distance perception: verbal and reaching errors are not correlated
    C C Pagano
    Department of Psychology, Clemson University, South Carolina 29634 1511, USA
    J Exp Psychol Hum Percept Perform 24:1037-51. 1998
    ..Verbal judgments appear to have been anchored using the range of distances experienced while reaching rather than being calibrated to the perceptual information itself. Discussion focuses on the advantages of action response measures...
  17. ncbi Honeybee navigation: nature and calibration of the "odometer"
    M V Srinivasan
    Centre for Visual Science, Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
    Science 287:851-3. 2000
    ..The results show that the honeybee's "odometer" is visually driven. They also provide a calibration of the dance and the odometer in visual terms...
  18. ncbi Some recent studies on the extraretinal contribution to distance perception
    M Mon-Williams
    School of Psychology, University of St Andrews, Fife, Scotland, UK
    Perception 28:167-81. 1999
    Some recent studies on the extraretinal contribution to distance perception are reviewed...
  19. ncbi Perceived distance, shape and size
    E Brenner
    Vakgroep Fysiologie, Erasmus Universiteit, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    Vision Res 39:975-86. 1999
    ..We conclude that the judgements are quite independent, in the sense that no attempt is made to attain consistency, but that they do rely on some common measures, such as that of distance...
  20. ncbi Impaired distance perception and size constancy following bilateral occipitoparietal damage
    Marian E Berryhill
    Department of Psychology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122, USA
    Exp Brain Res 194:381-93. 2009
    Accurate distance perception depends on the processing and integration of a variety of monocular and binocular cues. Dorsal stream lesions can impair this process, but details of this neurocognitive relationship remain unclear...
  21. ncbi Are the original Roelofs effect and the induced Roelofs effect confounded by the same expansion of remembered space?
    Paul Dassonville
    Vision Res 44:1025-9; author reply 1031-2. 2004
  22. ncbi The spectral input to honeybee visual odometry
    Lars Chittka
    Biozentrum, Zoologie II, Am Hubland, 97074 Wurzburg, Germany
    J Exp Biol 206:2393-7. 2003
    ..Waggle run duration is entirely independent of the colour pattern used, implying that once green contrast is above detection threshold, distance estimation depends solely on the angular motion of the landscape passed in flight...
  23. ncbi Perceiving distance: a role of effort and intent
    Jessica K Witt
    University of Virginia, PO Box 400400, Charlottesville, VA 22903 2477, USA
    Perception 33:577-90. 2004
    ..Perceiving distance combines the geometry of the world with our behavior goals and the potential of our body to achieve these goals...
  24. ncbi Geometrical structures of photographic and stereoscopic spaces
    Toshio Watanabe
    Keio University, Japan
    Span J Psychol 9:263-72. 2006
    ..In Experiment 2, the geometrical structure of stereoscopic space was compared with that of visual space. It was found that stereoscopic space was almost the same as visual space...
  25. ncbi Factors influencing the radial-tangential illusion in haptic perception
    James McFarland
    Department of Physics, Pomona College, Claremont, CA, USA
    Exp Brain Res 178:216-27. 2007
    ..We suggest that this distortion arises from the serial nature of haptic exploration, in which the length of the initial segment decreases as it is stored in working memory for subsequent comparison...
  26. ncbi Desert ant navigation: how miniature brains solve complex tasks
    R Wehner
    Department of Zoology, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
    J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol 189:579-88. 2003
    ..Hence, it relies on procedural knowledge, and largely context-dependent retrieval of such knowledge, rather than on all-embracing geocentred representations of space...
  27. ncbi Lack of set size effects in spatial updating: Evidence for offline updating
    Eric Hodgson
    Department of Psychology, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, USA
    J Exp Psychol Learn Mem Cogn 32:854-66. 2006
    ..e., offline updating). These results support M. Amorim, S. Glasauer, K. Corpinot, and A. Berthoz's (1997) 2-system model of spatial updating that includes both online and offline updating...
  28. ncbi One-dimensional and multi-dimensional studies of the exocentric distance estimates in frontoparallel plane, virtual space, and outdoor open field
    J Antonio Aznar-Casanova
    Department of Basic Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Barcelona, Passeig Vall d Hebron, 171, 08035 Barcelona, Spain
    Span J Psychol 9:273-84. 2006
    ..From these results, the magnitude of such distortions can be ranked, and the utility or efficacy of the available visual cues informing about the space layout can also be inferred...
  29. ncbi The role of uncertainty in the systematic spatial mislocalization of moving objects
    Eli Brenner
    Department of Neuroscience, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands
    J Exp Psychol Hum Percept Perform 32:811-25. 2006
    ..The authors propose that these biases arise from a combination of a large temporal uncertainty, a temporal asymmetry related to sampling the moving object's position, and a bias toward believing that one is looking at what one sees...
  30. ncbi Braking reaching movements: a test of the constant tau-dot strategy under different viewing conditions
    Brian Hopkins
    Department of Psychology, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YF, England
    J Mot Behav 36:3-12. 2004
    ..The authors provide recommendations for improving the derivation of tau;(x) estimates and stress the need for further research on how time-to-contact information is used in the regulation of the dynamics of actions such as reaching...
  31. ncbi The influence of object-image velocity change on perceived heading in minimal environments
    Christopher J Best
    School of Psychology, Deakin University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    Percept Psychophys 65:1273-84. 2003
    ..Evidence was found in support of the idea that the rate of image velocity change can influence judgments of the direction of self-movement in minimalist conditions...
  32. ncbi Visual perception of collinearity
    R H Cuijpers
    Helmholtz Instituut, Utrecht, The Netherlands
    Percept Psychophys 64:392-404. 2002
    ..This indicates that the intrinsic geometry of visual space differs across tasks. This is conceivable if the intrinsic geometry of visual space is operationally defined...
  33. ncbi Perceived size and perceived distance of targets viewed from between the legs: evidence for proprioceptive theory
    Atsuki Higashiyama
    Department of Psychology, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan
    Vision Res 46:3961-76. 2006
    ..These results supported the direct perception model, rather than the apparent distance model...
  34. ncbi Dual prism adaptation: calibration or alignment?
    Gordon M Redding
    Department of Psychology, Illinois State University, Normal, IL 61790 4620, USA
    J Mot Behav 35:399-408. 2003
    ....
  35. ncbi Cortical modulation of whole body movements in brain-damaged patients
    Luigi Pizzamiglio
    Dipartimento di Psicologia, , Fondazione IRCCS Santa Lucia, Roma, Italy
    J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 25:769-82. 2003
    ..Some attempts are made to identify the neural substrates involved in this integration...
  36. ncbi Visual estimation of spatial requirements for locomotion in novice wheelchair users
    Takahiro Higuchi
    Yokohama National University, Japan
    J Exp Psychol Appl 10:55-66. 2004
    ..The theoretical and practical implications of these findings are discussed...
  37. ncbi Especial skills: their emergence with massive amounts of practice
    Katherine M Keetch
    Department of Kinesiology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4K1, Canada
    J Exp Psychol Hum Percept Perform 31:970-8. 2005
    ..Various theoretical views are proposed to account for the development of these skills...
  38. ncbi Geometric and perceptual effects of the location of the observer vantage point for linear-perspective images
    Dejan Todorovic
    Laboratory of Experimental Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Belgrade, Cika Ljubina 18 20, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
    Perception 34:521-44. 2005
    ..This mismatch of vanishing points provides visual information that the elements of the two architectures are not mutually parallel...
  39. ncbi Why is it easier to identify someone close than far away?
    Geoffrey R Loftus
    University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 1525, USA
    Psychon Bull Rev 12:43-65. 2005
    ..g., legal) settings to demonstrate the loss of face information that occurs when a person is seen at a particular distance...
  40. ncbi Dissociation between visual perception of allocentric distance and visually directed walking of its extent
    Nobuo Kudoh
    Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, Niigata University, Ikarashi, Niigata 950 2181, Japan
    Perception 34:1399-416. 2005
    ..These results suggest that the perceptual and motor systems share a common representation of the location of targets, whereas a dissociation in allocentric distance exists between the two systems in full-cue conditions...
  41. ncbi Absolute travel distance from optic flow
    Harald Frenz
    Allgemeine Zoologie und Neurobiologie, Ruhr Universitat Bochum, 44780 Bochum, Germany
    Vision Res 45:1679-92. 2005
    ..In further experiments we changed the modality of the distance indication but the undershoot in distance estimation remained. This suggests that the undershoot is linked to the perception of the optic flow field...
  42. ncbi Perception, action, and Roelofs effect: a mere illusion of dissociation
    Paul Dassonville
    Department of Psychology and Institute of Neuroscience, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA
    PLoS Biol 2:e364. 2004
    ..This indicates a general need to re-evaluate the broad class of evidence purported to support this hypothesized dissociation...
  43. ncbi Grasping what is graspable: evidence from visual form agnosia
    Robert D McIntosh
    Department of Psychology, University of Durham, UK
    Cortex 40:695-702. 2004
    ..We suggest that, whilst some simple objects offer themselves directly to the dorsal stream for grasping, an intact ventral stream is required to respond appropriately to more complex stimuli...
  44. ncbi Perceiving virtual geographical slant: action influences perception
    Sarah H Creem-Regehr
    Department of Psychology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City 84112 0251, USA
    J Exp Psychol Hum Percept Perform 30:811-21. 2004
    ..Walking with the effort appropriate to the visual slant led to increased perceptual overestimation of slant compared with active walking with the effort appropriate to level ground, while visually guided actions remained accurate...
  45. ncbi Visual memory for moving scenes
    Patricia R DeLucia
    Department of Psychology, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409 2051, USA
    Q J Exp Psychol (Hove) 59:340-60. 2006
    ....
  46. ncbi Estimating the quantitative relation between incongruent information and response time
    Dirk Kerzel
    Faculte de Psychologie et des Sciences de l Education, Universite de Geneve, 40 Boulevard du Pont d Arve, CH 1205 Geneve, Switzerland
    Acta Psychol (Amst) 122:267-79. 2006
    ..This effect was modulated by the total number of walkers, showing that the effect of incongruent information saturates when the display is cluttered...
  47. ncbi Action-specific extrapolation of target motion in human visual system
    Hiroshi Ashida
    Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606 8501, Japan
    Neuropsychologia 42:1515-24. 2004
    ..The results, together with earlier findings, lead to a psychophysical double dissociation of the two visual pathways...
  48. ncbi Distortions of distance and shape are not produced by a single continuous transformation of reach space
    Geoffrey P Bingham
    Department of Psychology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405 7007, USA
    Percept Psychophys 66:152-69. 2004
    ..The results show that perceived distance and perceived shape entail different distortions and cannot be captured by a single continuous transformation of reach space...
  49. ncbi Location matters: why target location impacts performance in orientation tasks
    Glenn Gunzelmann
    Air Force Research Laboratory HEAS, Mesa, AZ 85212 6061, USA
    Mem Cognit 34:41-59. 2006
    ..We conclude that participants perform such tasks by extracting a description from the egocentric view and then transforming that description to allow them to find the target on the map...
  50. ncbi Asymmetry in the perception of motion-in-depth
    Nobu Shirai
    Department of Psychology, Graduate School of Literature, Chuo University, 742 1 Higashinakano, Hachiouji City, Tokyo 192 0393, Japan
    Vision Res 44:1003-11. 2004
    ..The results of Experiment 2 suggest that the anisotropy for the perception of motion-in-depth should not be caused by change of luminance polarity but by change of shading cue...
  51. ncbi Laser projection versus a CRT display in the visual perception of aircraft aspect
    Keith K Niall
    Stimulation and Modelling, Defence Research and Development Canada, Toronto, Canada
    Hum Factors 44:630-43. 2002
    ..Actual or potential applications of this research include the evaluation of high-resolution visual displays for the training of basic fighter maneuvers with military jet pilots...
  52. ncbi Distance perception in a natural outdoor setting: is there a developmental trend to overconstancy?
    Jose A da Silva
    Departamento de Psicologia e Educação, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciencias e Letras de Ribeirao Preto, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Avenida Bandeirantes, 3900, CEP 14040 901, Vila Monte Alegre, Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil
    Span J Psychol 9:285-94. 2006
    ..The present data were interpreted as due to a developmental change in cognitive processing rather than to changes in visual space perception...
  53. ncbi Horizontal space misrepresentation in unilateral brain damage. II. Eye-head centered modulation of visual misrepresentation in hemianopia without neglect
    Fabrizio Doricchi
    Centro Ricerche di Neuropsicologia, Fondazione Santa Lucia, IRCCS Laboratorio Europea di Neuroscienze dell Azione L E N A, Via Ardeatina 306 00179 Rome, Italy
    Neuropsychologia 40:1118-28. 2002
    ....
  54. ncbi Defining task-set reconfiguration: the case of reference point switching
    Darryl W Schneider
    Department of Psychology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37203, USA
    Psychon Bull Rev 14:118-25. 2007
    ..We discuss how our approach can be generalized to define reconfiguration more clearly in other task-switching situations...
  55. ncbi Extending Fitts' Law to manual obstacle avoidance
    Steven A Jax
    Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute, 213 Korman Building, 1200 West Tabor Road, Philadelphia, PA 19141, USA
    Exp Brain Res 180:775-9. 2007
    ..This is an encouraging outcome because it suggests that the physical layout of the workspace can be used to predict MTs for obstacle avoiding movements, an accomplishment that fits with the spirit of Fitts' Law...
  56. ncbi Growing in circles: rearing environment alters spatial navigation in fish
    Alisha A Brown
    University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
    Psychol Sci 18:569-73. 2007
    ..Thus, the ability to use geometry to navigate does not require exposure to angular geometric cues during rearing, though rearing environment affects the dominance of featural and geometric cues...
  57. ncbi Differential activation solution to the motion correspondence problem
    L A Gilroy
    Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton 33431, USA
    Percept Psychophys 63:847-61. 2001
    ..Implications of the differential activation solution are discussed for the stability of perceived motions once they are established, and the adaptation of perceived and unperceived motions...
  58. ncbi If I saw it, it probably wasn't far from where I was looking
    Eli Brenner
    Faculty of Human Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    J Vis 8:7.1-10. 2008
    ..The jumping introduced uncertainty about where the target was at the indicated moment, giving room for biases to be expressed. Participants showed a clear preference to select positions that were nearer to where they were looking...
  59. ncbi Subjective time in near and far representational space
    Peter Zäch
    Neuropsychology Unit, Department of Neurology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
    Cogn Behav Neurol 21:8-13. 2008
    ..We set out to measure healthy subjects' estimates of temporal duration during the imagination of left and right sides of an object located in either near or far representational space...
  60. ncbi The relationship between object files and conscious perception
    Stephen R Mitroff
    Department of Psychology, Yale University, Box 208205, New Haven, CT 06520 8205, USA
    Cognition 96:67-92. 2005
    ....
  61. ncbi Processing spatial layout by perception and sensorimotor interaction
    Bruce Bridgeman
    Department of Psychology, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA bruceb ucsc edu
    Q J Exp Psychol (Hove) 61:851-9. 2008
    ..Normally such illusions are not checked and are accepted as reality without contradiction...
  62. ncbi When do motor behaviors (mis)match affective stimuli? An evaluative coding view of approach and avoidance reactions
    Andreas B Eder
    Department of Psychology, Friedrich Schiller Universitat Jena, Jena, Germany
    J Exp Psychol Gen 137:262-81. 2008
    ..The results support the assumption that evaluative implications of action instructions assign affective codes to motor responses on a representational level that interact with stimulus evaluations on a response selection stage...
  63. ncbi Aging and the perceptual organization of 3-D scenes
    Zheng Bian
    Department of Psychology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
    Psychol Aging 23:342-52. 2008
    ..However, the magnitude of the effect decreased for older observers. These results suggest a decreased use of ground surface information by older observers for the perceptual organization of scene layout...
  64. ncbi Spatial and temporal processing in healthy aging: implications for perceptions of driving skills
    Elizabeth Conlon
    School of Psychology, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
    Neuropsychol Dev Cogn B Aging Neuropsychol Cogn 15:446-70. 2008
    ..These associations suggest that reduced motion sensitivity may produce functional difficulties for the older adults when judging speeds or estimating gaps in traffic while driving...
  65. ncbi Language within your reach: near-far perceptual space and spatial demonstratives
    Kenny R Coventry
    Cognition and Communication Research Centre, Northumbria University, UK
    Cognition 108:889-95. 2008
    ..These results support the view that spatial demonstrative use corresponds with a basic distinction between near and far perceptual space...
  66. ncbi Horizontal-vertical illusion: continuous decrement or the deviant first guess?
    Jaanus Raudsepp
    Department of Psychology, Umea University, Sweden
    Percept Mot Skills 94:599-604. 2002
    ..However, recent findings suggest that a motor theory of illusion might accommodate the observed one-step decrement in the illusion...
  67. ncbi Pappus in optical space
    Jan J Koenderink
    Helmholtz Instituut, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands
    Percept Psychophys 64:380-91. 2002
    ..Apparently optical space is not totally different from a homogeneous space, although it is in no way close to Euclidean...
  68. ncbi Relative distance cues contribute to scaling depth from motion parallax
    Satoko Ohtsuka
    Intelligent Modeling Laboratory, University of Tokyo, Japan
    Percept Psychophys 64:405-14. 2002
    ..This indicates that relative distance cues contribute to scaling depth from motion parallax by modifying the information about the absolute distance of objects...
  69. ncbi Influence of the instructions on the performance and establishment of memorization strategies in space judgments
    Alessandra Ackel Rodrigues
    , , Brazil
    Span J Psychol 9:312-20. 2006
    ..It was observed that the intentional instruction facilitated a more accurate mental representation of the observed experimental configuration, enhancing participants' performance...
  70. ncbi Influence of stimulus distance in implicit learning of spatial and nonspatial event sequences
    Jascha Rüsseler
    Department of Neuropsychology, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Germany
    Percept Mot Skills 95:973-87. 2002
    ..The results are discussed with respect to current theories of implicit serial learning...
  71. ncbi Visual distance estimation in static compared to moving virtual scenes
    Harald Frenz
    Allgemeine und Angewandte Psychologie, Westfalische Wilhelms Universitat Munster, 48149 Munster, Germany
    Span J Psychol 9:321-31. 2006
    ..However, the nonlinear depth function we found can not explain the observed distance underestimation of visual simulated self-motions in the same environment...
  72. ncbi Seeing and not seeing
    Tali Kimchi
    Department of Zoology, George S Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Israel
    Curr Opin Neurobiol 12:728-34. 2002
    ..Taken together, these mechanisms provide an equally efficient means of overall orientation and communication as those found in sighted mammals...
  73. ncbi Empirical evaluation of the axioms of multiplicativity, commutativity, and monotonicity in ratio production of area
    Thomas Augustin
    Cognitive Science Section, Department of Psychology, Karl Franzens University of Graz, Universitätsplatz 2 III, Graz, Austria
    Acta Psychol (Amst) 129:208-16. 2008
    ..Monotonicity was satisfied empirically, which is consistent with all the current theories of ratio scaling...
  74. ncbi Viewpoint dependency in the recognition of dynamic scenes
    Bärbel Garsoffky
    Institut für Wissensmedien, Knowledge Media Research Center, Tubingen, Germany
    J Exp Psychol Learn Mem Cogn 28:1035-50. 2002
    ..Findings suggest that viewers develop a viewpoint-dependent mental representation similar to the spatial characteristics of the original episode presentation, even if the presentation was spatially inhomogeneous...
  75. ncbi Illusions in action: consequences of inconsistent processing of spatial attributes
    Jeroen B J Smeets
    Afdeling Neurowetenschappen, Erasmus MC, Postbus 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    Exp Brain Res 147:135-44. 2002
    ..Illusions only affect those aspects of a task that are based on the spatial attributes that are affected by the illusion...
  76. ncbi The processing of linear perspective and binocular information for action and perception
    Hugo Bruggeman
    Human Sensorimotor Control Laboratory, Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota, USA
    Neuropsychologia 45:1420-6. 2007
    ..The finding that under monocular view participants responded to perspective information in both the action and the perception task rules out the attention-based argument...
  77. ncbi fMRI reveals a preference for near viewing in the human parieto-occipital cortex
    D J Quinlan
    Neuroscience Program, Social Science Centre, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5C2
    Neuroimage 36:167-87. 2007
    ..dPOS seems to reflect the status of the near response (perhaps driven largely by vergence angle) and may provide areas in the dorsal visual stream with spatial information useful for guiding actions toward targets in depth...
  78. ncbi The locus of "memory displacement" is at least partially perceptual: effects of velocity, expectation, friction, memory averaging, and weight
    Dirk Kerzel
    Unit for Cognition and Action, Max Planck Institute for Psychological Research, Munich, Germany
    Percept Psychophys 64:680-92. 2002
    ..Thus, the locus of memory displacement is at least partially perceptual...
  79. ncbi Eye vergence is susceptible to the hollow-face illusion
    Joachim Hoffmann
    Department of Psychology, University of Wurzburg, Rontgenring 11, D 97070 Wurzburg, Germany
    Perception 36:461-70. 2007
    ..It is presumably the success of recognising a familiar object (a face) which overrides the correction of convergence. This suggests that the brain strives for a congruency of eye vergence and distance perception.
  80. ncbi Selective reaching: evidence for multiple frames of reference
    Ron F Keulen
    Department of Movement Sciences, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
    J Exp Psychol Hum Percept Perform 28:515-26. 2002
    ..Results support the hypothesis that the brain represents spatial information in multiple frames of reference, with the dominant frame of reference being dependent on the task demands...
  81. ncbi Surface construal and the mental representation of scenes
    Carmela V Gottesman
    Department of Psychology, University of Delaware, Newark 19716, USA
    J Exp Psychol Hum Percept Perform 28:589-99. 2002
    ..BE was eliminated. The authors propose that amodal continuation is a fundamental aspect of scene perception. However, not all pictures are scenes--only pictures construed as depicting a truncated view of a continuous world...
  82. ncbi The effects of production and presentation level on the auditory distance perception of speech
    D S Brungart
    Air Force Research Laboratory, Human Effectiveness Directorate, Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio 45433 7901, USA
    J Acoust Soc Am 110:425-40. 2001
    ..The results indicate that production level and presentation level influence distance perception differently for each of three distinct categories of speech...
  83. ncbi The independence of size perception and distance perception
    R N Haber
    University of California, Santa Cruz, USA
    Percept Psychophys 63:1140-52. 2001
    Research on distance perception has focused on environmental sources of information, which have been well documented; in contrast, size perception research has focused on familiarity or has relied on distance information...
  84. ncbi Reaching measures of monocular distance perception: forward versus side-to-side head movements and haptic feedback
    E A Wickelgren
    Department of Psychology, Indiana University, Bloomington 47405, USA
    Percept Psychophys 62:1051-9. 2000
    ..In the normal monocular condition, performance was comparable for the two head movement conditions. The implications for enucleated patients are discussed...
  85. ncbi The accuracy of assessment of walking distance in the elective spinal outpatients setting
    Tosan Okoro
    University Hospitals Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, LE5 4PW, UK
    Eur Spine J 19:279-82. 2010
    ..103 patients were asked to perform one test of distance estimation and 2 tests of functional distance perception using pre-measured landmarks...
  86. ncbi Brain imaging in a patient with hemimicropsia
    J Kassubek
    Neurologische Universitatsklinik, Universitat Freiburg, Germany
    Neuropsychologia 37:1327-34. 1999
    ..We present a case of hemimicropsia as a selective deficit of size and distance perception in the left hemifield without hemianopsia caused by a cavernous angioma with hemorrhage in the right ..
  87. ncbi Blurring of the senses: common cues for distance perception in diverse sensory systems
    J E Lewis
    Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa, 451 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1H 8M5
    Neuroscience 114:19-22. 2002
    b>Distance perception is an essential task of sensory systems. Our visual systems effectively use binocular visual cues to determine an object's distance. Other visual, but monocular, cues are also available for distance perception...
  88. ncbi Modification of depth and distance perception caused by long-term wearing of left-right reversing spectacles
    Makoto Ichikawa
    Department of Perceptual Sciences and Design Engineering, Yamaguchi University, 1 16 2 Tokiwadai, Ube, Yamaguchi 755 8611, Japan
    Perception 32:131-53. 2003
    ..significantly decreased during the spectacle-wearing period, we found no evidence of adaptive change in distance perception. The results indicate that the visual system adapts itself to the transformed situation by not only ..
  89. ncbi Neuronal population codes and the perception of object distance in weakly electric fish
    J E Lewis
    Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1H 8M5
    J Neurosci 21:2842-50. 2001
    ..We quantitatively evaluate a two-step algorithm for distance perception involving the sequential estimation of peak amplitude and width of the electric image...
  90. ncbi Assessing auditory distance perception using perceptually directed action
    J M Loomis
    Department of Psychology, University of California, Santa Barbara 93106 9660, USA
    Percept Psychophys 60:966-80. 1998
    Three experiments investigated auditory distance perception under natural listening conditions in a large open field. Targets varied in egocentric distance from 3 to 16 m...
  91. ncbi [Effect of the configuration of a route on distance perception]
    P Jansen-Osmann
    Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf Institut für Experimentelle Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie und Arbeitspsychologie Universitätsstr 1 D 40225 Düsseldorf
    Z Exp Psychol 48:327-38. 2001
    ..In this condition, a direct retrieval of information appears to be possible. The experiments took place in a virtual environment...
  92. ncbi Car backlight position and fog density bias observer-car distance estimates and time-to-collision judgments
    Axel Buchner
    Department of Experimental Psychology, Heinrich Heine University, Dusseldorf, Germany
    Hum Factors 48:300-17. 2006
    ..A series of experiments assessed biases in perceived distance that occur while driving as a function of the backlight position of the car ahead and fog density...
  93. ncbi Distance perception of vehicle rear lights in fog
    V Cavallo
    Laboratoire de psychologie de la conduite, Institut National de Recherche sur les Transports et leur Securite, Arcueil, France
    Hum Factors 43:442-51. 2001
    ..The present study investigates how fog and the characteristics of vehicle rear lights affect distance perception. Two experiments in a fog chamber (meteorological visibility range of 5-15 m) were run under conditions ..
  94. ncbi Absolute distance perception during in-depth head movement: calibrating optic flow with extra-retinal information
    Chin Hwee Peh
    Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, Singapore 119260, Singapore
    Vision Res 42:1991-2003. 2002
    ..Absolute distance also seemed to be better scaled with sagittal head movement when compared with lateral head translation...
  95. ncbi Horizontal and vertical distance perception: the discorded-orientation theory
    A Higashiyama
    Institute of Human Sciences, University of Osaka Prefecture, Sakai, Japan
    Percept Psychophys 58:259-70. 1996
    ..We also found that longitudinal distance was adjusted as being consistently larger than the standard distance. This result was explained by the reduction of cues to distance and the HVI effect...
  96. ncbi The right supratemporal plane hears the distance of objects: neuromagnetic correlates of virtual reality
    Klaus Mathiak
    Department of Neurology, Universitat Tubingen, Otfried Müller Str 47, D 72076 Tubingen, Germany
    Neuroreport 14:307-11. 2003
    The neural mechanisms of auditory distance perception, a function of great biological importance, are poorly understood...
  97. ncbi Gender differences in predictors of health status in patients with COPD
    Renata Ferrari
    São Paulo State University Botucatu School of Medicine, Botucatu, Brazil
    J Bras Pneumol 36:37-43. 2010
    ..To evaluate the health status (HS) of COPD patients and to identify the main predictors of HS in these patients according to gender...
  98. ncbi Ecological consequences of chemically mediated prey perception
    Marc J Weissburg
    School of Biology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta 30332 0230, USA
    J Chem Ecol 28:1953-70. 2002
    ..consumers identify prey from a distance remains poor, and the lack of studies examining the influence of distance perception on food preference may result in inaccurate estimation of foraging behavior in the field...
  99. ncbi The necessity of a perception-action approach to definite distance perception: monocular distance perception to guide reaching
    G P Bingham
    Department of Psychology, Indiana University, Bloomington 47405, USA
    J Exp Psychol Hum Percept Perform 24:145-68. 1998
    ..authors advocate the necessity of a perception-action approach because calibration is intrinsic to definite distance perception. A helmet-mounted camera and display were used to isolate optic flow generated by participants' head ..
  100. ncbi Auditory distance perception in rooms
    A W Bronkhorst
    TNO Human Factors Research Institute, Soesterberg, The Netherlands
    Nature 397:517-20. 1999
    ..The advent of techniques for the generation of virtual sound sources has made it possible to study distance perception using controlled, deterministic stimuli...
  101. ncbi Adaptation of egocentric distance perception under telestereoscopic viewing within reaching space
    Anne Emmanuelle Priot
    Institut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées, Bretigny sur Orge, France
    Exp Brain Res 202:825-36. 2010
    Telestereoscopic viewing provides a method to distort egocentric distance perception by artificially increasing the interpupillary distance. Adaptation to such a visual rearrangement is little understood...

Research Grants121 found, 100 shown here

  1. NEURAL MECHANISMS OF BINAURAL HEARING
    Shigeyuki Kuwada; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ..Psychophysical and modeling studies show distance perception in reverberant environments is based on the ratio of reverberant to direct sound energy...
  2. NEURAL MECHANISMS OF BINAURAL HEARING
    Shigeyuki Kuwada; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..Psychophysical and modeling studies show distance perception in reverberant environments is based on the ratio of reverberant to direct sound energy...
  3. NEUROBIOLOGY OF SIMPLE OCULOMOTOR SYSTEM
    NICHOLAS STRAUSFELD; Fiscal Year: 2001
    ..integrate motion information with object detection to provide target-directed head movements, saccades, and distance perception, and (c) control saccadic head movements by integrating them with proprioceptive reafference that monitors ..
  4. Iowa Cochlear Implant Clinical Research Center V
    Bruce Gantz; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..We use several new tests, including ones of distance perception, movement direction, speech recognition with localization cues, and speech recognition while performing a ..
  5. PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDIES OF BINAURAL HEARING AND ATTENTION
    Ervin Hafter; Fiscal Year: 2001
    ..The SOFE will also be used study other auditory aspects of hearing such as binaural adaptation, motion, distance perception and the spatial features of visual/auditory fusion...
  6. Improvements in 3D Visualization for Vision Research
    MARTIN BANKS; Fiscal Year: 2009
    ..how variation in blur relative to local depth variations and how active accommodation affect size and distance perception. 4...
  7. Improvements in 3D Visualization for Vision Research
    Martin S Banks; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ..how variation in blur relative to local depth variations and how active accommodation affect size and distance perception. 4...
  8. Monocular distance Perception of reaching and grasping
    Geoffrey Bingham; Fiscal Year: 2004
    ..Third, we test whether feedback might be effective for slant perception as a form of shape perception that allows feedback about shape to be provided in a single reach. ..
  9. MONOCULAR DISTANCE PERCEPTION FOR REACHING AND GRASPING
    Geoffrey Bingham; Fiscal Year: 1999
    ..Previously, the investigators have argued that calibration is an essential component of definite distance perception. However, studies of haptic shape perception have also revealed distortions in perceived shape...
  10. MONOCULAR DISTANCE PERCEPTION FOR REACHING AND GRASPING
    Geoffrey P Bingham; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ..The knowledge to be gained from this research is essential for formulating effective physical therapies for the elderly or children with DCD, or for learning to use visual aids and prosthetic limbs. ..
  11. NAVIGATION AID FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED
    JACK LOOMIS; Fiscal Year: 1993
    ....
  12. NAVIGATING WITHOUT VISION--BASIC AND APPLIED RESEARCH
    JACK LOOMIS; Fiscal Year: 2002
    ..The experiments on spatial learning by preview compare the learning of a route by walking vs. auditory or haptic exposure. ..
  13. Multimodally encoded spatial images in sighted and blind
    JACK M contact LOOMIS; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ..More generally, this knowledge will lead to improved tests of spatial cognition that will be useful in better understanding the deficits in knowledge and behavior resulting from diseases, such as Alzheimer's, and brain damage. ..
  14. The Visual Guidance of Locomotion
    BRETT FAJEN; Fiscal Year: 2009
    ....
  15. The Visual Guidance of Locomotion
    Brett R Fajen; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ....
  16. Multimodally encoded spatial images in sighted and blind
    JACK LOOMIS; Fiscal Year: 2009
    ..More generally, this knowledge will lead to improved tests of spatial cognition that will be useful in better understanding the deficits in knowledge and behavior resulting from diseases, such as Alzheimer's, and brain damage. ..
  17. Medial temporal lobe role in human locomotor navigation
    John Philbeck; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..This basic data will be highly valuable for interpreting future research involving similar patients. ..
  18. Fear in the eye of the beholder: Fear and the perception of spatial layout
    DENNIS PROFFITT; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..We will also test whether fear reduction (after habituation of fear through exposures) attenuates the overestimation of heights expected in persons with acrophobia. ..
  19. Egocentric reference frames in memory
    David Waller; Fiscal Year: 2005
    ..Findings may also lead to ways of improving spatial abilities in the general population. ..
  20. Fear in the eye of the beholder: Fear and the perception of spatial layout
    DENNIS PROFFITT; Fiscal Year: 2009
    ..We will also test whether fear reduction (after habituation of fear through exposures) attenuates the overestimation of heights expected in persons with acrophobia. ..
  21. Mechanisms of Intermediate Distance Space Perception
    ZIJIANG HE; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ..The approach of using the virtual reality technology in the proposed project has the potential of being adapted into a useful tool for aiding people with space perception deficits. ..
  22. How Do Immature Perceptual-Motor Skills Put Child Cyclists at Risk for Injury?
    JODIE PLUMERT; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ....
  23. TIME DEPENDENT CHANGES IN SOCIAL JUDGEMENT AND CHOICE
    Yaacov Trope; Fiscal Year: 2003
    ..The findings are expected to identify advantages and disadvantages of decisions at different point in time and, thus, help us understand and improve the way people think, plan, and make choices about their future. ..
  24. Using Virtual Reality to Train Children in Pedestrian Safety
    David C Schwebel; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ..This project will study the efficacy of virtual reality as a means to train children in safe pedestrian behavior. Results will have significant implications for child pedestrian injury prevention. ..
  25. PSYCHOPHYSICS OF READING--NORMAL AND LOW VISION
    GORDON LEGGE; Fiscal Year: 2001
    ..The research plan also includes development of two new clinical tests, one for assessing contrast deficits in reading, and the other for measuring Braille reading speed. ..
  26. Interdisciplinary Training Program in Cognitive Science
    Daniel Kersten; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..An important feature of the training program is the strong representation of faculty with interests in translational research. ..
  27. TRAINING PROGRAM IN DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
    Janellen Huttenlocher; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..Postdoctoral trainees will have at least two mentors from the training faculty and will join a rich environment for postdoctoral investigations in the Department of Psychology. ..
  28. Eye Movements, Gaze Correction, and Visual Short-Term Memory
    ANDREW R HOLLINGWORTH; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ..Thus, the proposed research will provide essential information for understanding conditions that involve deficits in the control of gaze. ..
  29. PERCEIVING AND REMEMBERING SCENES
    Helene Intraub; Fiscal Year: 1999
    ..Recognition tests will include distractors and rating scales that will be sensitive to subtle differences between the test item and the viewer's internal representation. ..
  30. Using Virtual Reality to Train Children in Pedestrian Safety
    DAVID SCHWEBEL; Fiscal Year: 2009
    ..This project will study the efficacy of virtual reality as a means to train children in safe pedestrian behavior. Results will have significant implications for child pedestrian injury prevention. ..
  31. Learning and Representation in Auditory Perception
    Eduardo Mercado; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..The skills, training, and data obtained from this award will be used to support the candidate's development of an RO1 application. ..
  32. Peripheral Visual Function of Children with Low Vision
    JOSEPH LAPPIN; Fiscal Year: 2006
    ....
  33. MEMORY FOR VISUAL MATERIAL
    GEOFFREY LOFTUS; Fiscal Year: 2009
    ..Finally, the proposed work on theory, methodology, statistics, and data interpretation is applicable to virtually every aspect of research in experimental psychology, clinical psychology, and neuroscience. ..
  34. DISPARITY PROCESSING IN SENSORY AND MOTOR VISUAL SYSTEMS
    CLIFTON SCHOR; Fiscal Year: 2001
    ..In addition, the results may provide insight into how unilateral defocus associated with an anisometropia initiates interocular inhibitory processes that could potential disrupt binocular vision. ..
  35. MEMORY FOR VISUAL MATERIAL
    GEOFFREY LOFTUS; Fiscal Year: 2003
    ..abstract_text> ..