Perceiving visual events uses optical information that reflects dynamics rather than resembles appearance
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9620984 |
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| Authors | Huiyuan Zhang (0000-0002-6279-207X, Department of Psychology Sun Yat‐sen University Guangzhou China), H B Zhang (Sun Yat-sen University), Geoffrey P Bingham (0000-0002-7125-5735, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences Indiana University Bloomington Indiana USA), Jing Pan (0000-0002-1360-1636, Sun Yat-sen University, corresponding author), Jing Samantha Pan (Department of Psychology Sun Yat‐sen University Guangzhou China) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 116 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 250-268 |
| Publication date | 2025-02-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | British Journal of Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-1269 • E-ISSN: 2044-8295 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/bjop.12752 |
| PMID | 39614631 |
| OpenAlex | W4404885426 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 32 |
This study investigates the optical information for visual event perception. Events are objects in motion, with properties like shape, weight and surface material influencing the dynamics that shape movements and optics. The progressive transformation of visible textures, known as visual kinaesthetic information, specifies movements and objects. Four experiments tested whether events could be perceived using only visual kinaesthetic information. Participants identified their own walking from point‐light displays (Experiment 1), from simulated environmental texture transformations as a result of their walking (Experiment 2), and from videos shot by a head‐mounted camera during outdoor walking (Experiment 3); and distinguishing strangers from footages captured by their head‐mounted cameras (Experiment 4). In Experiments 2–4, the displays did not resemble the outline of a person or look like walking but revealed the physical relations between the walker and the environment as a result of their movement. Regardless, participants were able to recognize themselves and distinguish strangers. Thus, observers are able to perceive events using visual kinaesthetic information that stems from dynamics. The one‐to‐one correspondences between object property, dynamics, kinematics and optical information are governed by the laws of physics, and unaffected by the event's appearance or viewing perspectives
Cognitive psychology · Computer vision · Dynamics (music) · Event (particle physics) · Geometry · Image (mathematics) · Kinematics · Motion (physics) · Movement (music) · Object (grammar) · Perception · Physics · Point (geometry) · Property (philosophy) · Texture (cosmology) · Visual perception · Action Observation and Synchronization · Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior · Artificial Intelligence · Communication · Computer Science · Mathematics · Multisensory perception and integration · Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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