Perceiving virtual geographic slant: action influences perception

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Publication Type technical report
Department Psychology; Computing, School of
Program Advanced Research Projects Agency
Creator Creem-Regehr, Sarah Hope; Gooch, Amy A.; Sahm, Cynthia S.; Thompson, William B.
Title Perceiving virtual geographic slant: action influences perception
Date 2003-06-16
Description Four experiments varied the extent and nature of observer movement in a virtual environment to examine the influence of action on estimates of geographical slant. Previous slant studies demonstrated that people consciously overestimate hill slant but can still accurately guide an action toward the hill (Proffitt, Bhalla, Gossweiler & Midget, 1995). Related studies (Bhalla & Proffitt, 1999) suggest that one s potential to act may influence perception of slant and that distinct representations may independently inform perceptual and motoric responses. We found that in all conditions, perceptual judgments were overestimated and motoric adjustments were more accurate. The virtual environment allowed manipulation of the effort required to walk up simulated hills. Walking with the effort appropriate to the visual slant led to increased perceptual overestimation of slant compared to active walking with effort appropriate to level ground, while visually guided actions remained accurate.
Type Text
Publisher University of Utah
Subject Geographical slant; Virtual environment
Subject LCSH Virtual reality
Language eng
Bibliographic Citation Creem-Regehr, Sarah Hope; Gooch, Amy A.; Sahm, Cynthia S.; Thompson, William B. (2003). Perceiving virtual geographic slant: action influences perception. UUCS-03-012.
Series University of Utah Computer Science Technical Report
Rights Management ©University of Utah
Format Medium application/pdf
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Source University of Utah School of Computing
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