Induced motion is not limited to continuous motions presented on a frontoparallel plane. Experiments were conducted to investigate several varieties of induced motion to which theories of induced motion must apply. The observer indicated the perceived path of motion of a vertically moving test point to which induced motion at right angles to the physical motion was added by the motion of two inducing points. In experiment 1 all motions (both apparently and physically) were in a frontoparallel plane. It was found that discrete displacement as well as continuous motion of the test and inducing points produced substantial amounts of induction. In experiment 2 the inducing points were continuously moved in stereoscopic distance rather than remaining in an apparent frontoparallel plane. A large amount of apparent motion in depth was found in the vertically moving test point and was interpreted as an induced motion in depth. In experiment 3 an alternative interpretation of the phenomenon of experiment 2, in terms of an apparent vergence for the two images of the test point, was investigated and found to be unlikely. In experiment 4, with all the points moving continuously in a frontoparallel plane, eye motions as well as induced motions were measured, with the observer fixating either the test point or an inducing point. Substantial amounts of induction were obtained under both conditions of fixation. The consequences of these findings for theories of induced motion are discussed.
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