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Prolonged exposure to a condition that causes induced motion was found to diminish this effect. The extent of a horizontal induced motion was measured by obtaining estimates of the direction of the apparent oblique path that resulted when a spot was visible on a horizontally moving pattern and was therefore in horizontal induced motion and, at the same time, moved vertically. Because the horizontal component of the perceived motion path represented the induced motion, the slope of the path measured the extent of the induced motion. After a 10-min exposure to induced motion, the apparent motion path was steeper; the mean change corresponded to a 15% smaller extent of the induced motion. Results were obtained that argue that this effect is not due to a diminished horizontal motion of the pattern but amounts to a smaller motion-inducing effect. The experiments were meant to support the view that the perceptual process that underlies induced motion is learned.
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This work was supported by Grant 11089 from the National Institute of Mental Health to Swarthmore College, Hans Wallach, principal investigator.
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Wallach, H., Bacon, J. & Schulman, P. Adaptation in motion perception: Alteration of induced motion. Perception & Psychophysics 24, 509–514 (1978). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03198776
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03198776