PS262 Chapter 8: PS262 – Chapter 8 Textbook Notes.docx
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Motion helps us understand events in our environment: much of what you observe involves information provided by motion, motion perception is essential for our ability to move through the environment, one source of information about where we are going and how fast we are moving is the way objects in the environment flow past us as we move as a person moves forward, objects move relative to the person in the opposite direction = optic flow (provides information about the walkers direction and speed, motion also provides information for more subtle actions as well pouring water in a glass, we watch the level rise telling us when to stop pouring, akinetopsia blindness of motion someone with this wouldn"t be able to perceive the fluid rising in the cup and had trouble knowing when to stop pouring dangerous because when walking on a street a car might seem far away then suddenly it would appear very near.