Top-down processes in perceiving false depth and motion for faces and scenes

Thomas V. Papathomas; Lisa Bono

doi:10.1117/12.602894

18 March 2005 Top-down processes in perceiving false depth and motion for faces and scenes

Thomas V. Papathomas, Lisa Bono

Proceedings Volume 5666, Human Vision and Electronic Imaging X; (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.602894
Event: Electronic Imaging 2005, 2005, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

There are at least two broad classes of three-dimensional (3D) stimuli that tend to be perceived in illusory reverse depth: hollow masks and “reverspectives”, the latter having been invented by Patrick Hughes in 1964. Because of the depth inversion, these stimuli appear to move when observers move in front of them. The illusion is diminished significantly when a hollow mask is inverted, as compared to an upright mask; the same trend is observed with inverted reverspectives, as compared to upright reverspectives, but the inversion effect is weaker than that in faces. The inversion effect can be attributed to top-down influences in perception, and the results point to a stronger role of such influences for the perception of faces than scenes.

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Thomas V. Papathomas and Lisa Bono "Top-down processes in perceiving false depth and motion for faces and scenes", Proc. SPIE 5666, Human Vision and Electronic Imaging X, (18 March 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.602894

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