Motion Perception

Motion perception is the process of inferring the speed and direction of elements in a scene based on visual, vestibular and proprioceptive inputs. Although this process appears straightforward to most observers, it has proven to be a difficult problem from a computational perspective, and extraordinarily difficult to explain in terms of neural processing.

Motion perception is studied by many disciplines, including psychology (i.e. visual perception), neurology, neurophysiology, engineering, and computer science.

Read more about Motion Perception:  Neuropsychology, First-order Motion Perception, Second-order Motion Perception, The Aperture Problem, Motion Integration, Motion in Depth, Perceptual Learning of Motion

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