Perception of a Reverse Perspective Illusion

Student Type

Undergraduate

Faculty Sponsor

Dr. Sara Bagley

Date

4-12-2022

College Affiliation

College of Science, Technology, and Health

Department

Psychology

Submission Type

Oral Presentation

Abstract

Optical illusions of depth, size, and shape occur when an image utilizes the visual system's function of size-distance invariance, resulting in the misperception of a dimension of the image. Reverse perspective illusions exploit size-distance invariance; the tendency to base an object's perceived size on its perceived distance, and vice versa; by illustrating things that are farther away from the viewing plane as larger and objects that are closer to the viewing plane as smaller. This technique effectively makes a convex 3-dimensional object appear concaved. We will describe the sensory and perceptual processes involved in viewing a reverse perspective illusion through the visual system, including the neural pathways utilized in the visual brain. In addition, we will explain a reverse perspective illusion that we created in terms of static monocular depth cues, attention and awareness, and color perception.

Publication Date

2022

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Perception of a Reverse Perspective Illusion

Optical illusions of depth, size, and shape occur when an image utilizes the visual system's function of size-distance invariance, resulting in the misperception of a dimension of the image. Reverse perspective illusions exploit size-distance invariance; the tendency to base an object's perceived size on its perceived distance, and vice versa; by illustrating things that are farther away from the viewing plane as larger and objects that are closer to the viewing plane as smaller. This technique effectively makes a convex 3-dimensional object appear concaved. We will describe the sensory and perceptual processes involved in viewing a reverse perspective illusion through the visual system, including the neural pathways utilized in the visual brain. In addition, we will explain a reverse perspective illusion that we created in terms of static monocular depth cues, attention and awareness, and color perception.