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1

Why is motion perception important?

Motion indicates change

Detection and identification of living creatures

Action recognition

Determining distance

All of the above

2

What is the motion aftereffect (MAE)?

The illusion of motion of stationary objects after prolonged motion (i.e. running fast, spinning in a chair).

The illusion of motion of a stationary object that occurs after prolonged exposure to a moving object.

The feeling of sickness after prolonged exposure to motion.

The illusion that a stationary object is moving because another larger object or the whole background is moving.

3

Which of these is not a phenomenon related to motion perception?

Apparent motion

Motion aftereffect

Induced motion

Aperture problem

Moon illusion

4

The barber pole illusion is an example of the:

Aperture problem

Change blindness effect

Motion aftereffect

Motion parallax effect

Apparent motion effect

5

________ is the basis for the motion seen on films/cartoons using drawing and/or photographs as frames.

Change blindness

Apparent motion

Kinematic depth effect

Induced motion

Global optical flow

6

Which of these is an optic flow technique?

Time to collision

Velocity tuning curves

Elementary motion detectors

Time of flow

None of the above

7

Optic flow provides information for:

Catching a ball

Posture and balance

Heading direction

A and C

All of the above

8

What is an efference copy?

An internal copy created along with our own movements with a motor command of predicted movements and its resulting sensations

None of the above

9

Which of these is not a type of eye movement?

Saccade

Smooth pursuit

Vergence

Visual pursuit

Vestibulo-ocular reflex

10

What is a saccade?

Rapid movement of the eyes that changes fixation from one object or location to another

A type of eye movement in which the two eyes move in opposite directions

Eye movements which compensate head movements

A type of eye movement in which the eyes move smoothly to follow a moving object

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