Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4035131 | Vision Research | 2007 | 15 Pages |
Abstract
Three experiments examine how the peripheral visual field (PVF) mediates the development of spatial representations. In Experiment 1 participants learned and were tested on statue locations in a virtual environment while their field-of-view (FOV) was restricted to 40°, 20°, 10°, or 0° (diam). As FOV decreased, overall placement errors, estimated distances, and angular offsets increased. Experiment 2 showed large compressions but no effect of FOV for perceptual estimates of statue locations. Experiment 3 showed an association between FOV size and proprioception influence. These results suggest the PVF provides important global spatial information used in the development of spatial representations.
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Authors
Francesca C. Fortenbaugh, John C. Hicks, Lei Hao, Kathleen A. Turano,