ArticlePsychological science2018
Mind the Depth: Visual Perception of Shapes Is Better in Peripersonal Space.
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- The influence of depth on object selection and manipulation in visual working memory within a 3D context.Psychonomic bulletin & review · 2024Article
- Visual perceptual learning is effective in the illusory far but not in the near space.Psychonomic bulletin & review · 2024Article
- Exploring cross-cultural variations in visual attention patterns inside and outside national borders using immersive virtual reality.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Psychological proximity improves reasoning in academic aptitude tests.NPJ science of learning · 2023Article
- Sound-induced flash illusions at different spatial locations were affected by personality traits.Attention, perception & psychophysics · 2023Article
- Tool use moves the peri-personal space from the hand to the tip of the tool.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Perceived depth modulates perceptual resolution.Psychonomic bulletin & review · 2022Article
- Simulated proximity enhances perceptual and physiological responses to emotional facial expressions.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- The influence of face mask on social spaces depends on the behavioral immune system.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2022Article
- Visual search in virtual 3D space: the relation of multiple targets and distractors.Psychological research · 2021Article
- Peripersonal space in social context is modulated by action reward, but differently in males and females.Psychological research · 2021Article
- The Interrelation Between Peripersonal Action Space and Interpersonal Social Space: Psychophysiological Evidence and Clinical Implications.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2021Article
- Rapid Recalibration of Peri-Personal Space: Psychophysical, Electrophysiological, and Neural Network Modeling Evidence.Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991) · 2020Article
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Abstract
Closer objects are invariably perceived as bigger than farther ones and are therefore easier to detect and discriminate. This is so deeply grounded in our daily experience that no question has been raised as to whether the advantage for near objects depends on other features (e.g., depth itself). In a series of five experiments ( N = 114), we exploited immersive virtual environments and visual illusions (i.e., Ponzo) to probe humans' perceptual abilities in depth and, specifically, in the space closely surrounding our body, termed peripersonal space. We reversed the natural distance scaling of size in favor of the farther object, which thus appeared bigger, to demonstrate a persistent shape-discrimination advantage for close objects. Psychophysical modeling further suggested a sigmoidal trend for this benefit, mirroring that found for multisensory estimates of peripersonal space. We argue that depth is a fundamental, yet overlooked, dimension of human perception and that future studies in vision and perception should be depth aware.
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