The role of background in mediating apparent movement.

Percept Mot Skills

Department of Psychology, Ripon College, WI 54971, USA.

Published: June 1996

The spatial structure of the background upon which figures engage in apparent movement has been a neglected variable in research. In this pilot study, the presence of a sine-wave-grating as background had a strong influence on the quality of apparent movement that was perceived by 3 observers.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/pms.1996.82.3.865DOI Listing

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