Stimulus Meanings Alter Illusory Self-motion (Vection) — Experimental Examination of the Train Illusion

Seno, Takeharu; Fukuda, Haruaki

doi:10.1163/18784763-00002394

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“…For example, when a stationary person observes a train beginning to move, s/he is likely to perceive that s/he is moving in the direction opposite to that of the train. This phenomenon, known as the “train illusion,” is a good example of vection (e.g., Seno and Fukuda, 2012). …”

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Stronger vection in junior high school children than in adults

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Previous studies have shown that even elementary school-aged children (7 and 11 years old) experience visually induced perception of illusory self-motion (vection) (Lepecq et al., 1995, Perception, 24, 435–449) and that children of a similar age (mean age = 9.2 years) experience more rapid and stronger vection than do adults (Shirai et al., 2012, Perception, 41, 1399–1402). These findings imply that although elementary school-aged children experience vection, this ability is subject to further development. To examine the subsequent development of vection, we compared junior high school students' (N = 11, mean age = 14.4 years) and adults' (N = 10, mean age = 22.2 years) experiences of vection. Junior high school students reported significantly stronger vection than did adults, suggesting that the perceptual experience of junior high school students differs from that of adults with regard to vection and that this ability undergoes gradual changes over a relatively long period of development.

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“…For example, when a stationary person observes a train beginning to move, they are likely to perceive that they are moving in the direction opposite to the motion of the train. This phenomenon is known as the 'train illusion', and provides a good example of vection (e.g.. Seno and Fukuda, 2012).…”

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“…More recently, other factors for modulating vection strength have been examined. For example, vection has been found to be modulated by the social environment (Seno, 2013a), music (Seno, 2013b), stimulus meanings (Seno and Fukuda, 2012), attention deprivation (Seno et al,201 la), degree of hunger (Seno et al, 2012b), and alcohol consumption (Seno and Nakamura, 2013).…”

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Wearing Heavy Iron Clogs Can Inhibit Vection

2013

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Visually induced illusory self-motion perception is termed vection. We measured vection strength in participants wearing either wooden or iron clogs together with or without a weight-jacket (four conditions). We hypothesized that the heavier items would inhibit vection more because they make locomotion difficult. Results partially showed that the iron clogs could inhibit vection. We concluded that cognition of the fact that the heavier iron clogs made locomotion difficult might function as an inhibitor of vection, suggesting that cognition can alter vection strength.

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“…It is also known that vection strength is modulated by implicit meanings of the moving components of a scene (e.g., Seno and Fukuda, 2011; Ogawa and Seno, in press). For example, small dots with a simple round shape that are falling induce the illusory percept of upward self-motion, i.e., vection, whereas small petal shapes falling can induce the subjective experience of being under cherry trees as their blooms drop.…”

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Surface qualities have little effect on vection strength

Ogawa¹,

Hiramatsu²,

Seno³

2014

Front. Psychol.

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We investigated the effects of different surface qualities of materials on vection strength. Previous studies have extensively examined the stimulus parameters for effective vection induction. However, the effects of surface qualities on vection induction have not been studied at all despite their importance in realistic perception of a scene. As a first step toward understanding the effects of surface qualities on vection, we investigated surface qualities derived from light-reflecting properties of nine material categories commonly encountered in daily life: bark, ceramic, fabric, fur, glass, leather, metal, stone and wood. To relate vection strength with low-level visual features and with subjective impression of materials, we analyzed spatial frequency and participants' ratings of adjective pairs that describe impressions of material categories. Although the nine material categories were perceived differently, there was no main effect of material condition on vection strength. However, multiple regression analyses revealed that vection was partially explained by both spatial frequency and principal components extracted from the subjective impression. These results indicate that although the effect of surface qualities of materials on vection is small, both low-level image-based and perceptual-level processing of surface qualities may influence vection1.

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Stimulus Meanings Alter Illusory Self-motion (Vection) — Experimental Examination of the Train Illusion

Cited by 25 publications

References 21 publications

Stronger vection in junior high school children than in adults

Stronger vection in junior high school children than in adults

Wearing Heavy Iron Clogs Can Inhibit Vection

Surface qualities have little effect on vection strength

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