Institute for Sensory Research
Syracuse University

621 Skytop Road
Syracuse, NY 13244-5290

Phone: 315.443.9714 (lab)
Fax: 315.443.1184

 

Julian Martin Fernandez

 

Motion from Structure

 

Our model of structure-from-motion computation predicts a new illusion regarding illusory modulations in perceived speed in SFM. We recently confirmed this prediction (Fernandez & Farell, 2005a), and called this phenomenon motion-from-structure, because it is exactly the reverse of structure from motion. This is, we found that perceived motion is not veridical, but biased in a way to be more consistent with the depth structure given by the depth cues—in our experiments we only used binocular disparity as the depth cue.