{"id":8299,"date":"2019-05-22T16:06:12","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T16:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/kinetic_depth_information\/"},"modified":"2019-05-22T16:06:12","modified_gmt":"2019-05-22T16:06:12","slug":"kinetic_depth_information","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/kinetic_depth_information\/","title":{"rendered":"Kinetic depth information"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Visual information from object or surface movement that specifies its relative distance to the observer. &nbsp;Associated with this phenomenon is the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XGfMB76U5ts\" class=\"cc-route-enabled\" target=\"_self\" data-editable-link=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XGfMB76U5ts?target=_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">kinetic depth effect<\/a>&nbsp;(KDE) discovered by <a href=\"http:\/\/wexler.free.fr\/library\/files\/wallach%20(1953)%20the%20kinetic%20depth%20effect.pdf\" class=\"cc-route-enabled\" target=\"_self\" data-editable-link=\"http:\/\/wexler.free.fr\/library\/files\/wallach%20(1953)%20the%20kinetic%20depth%20effect.pdf&amp;target=_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wallach and O&#8217;Connell <\/a>(1953). &nbsp;As with other depth cues, it is usually produced in combination with other effects such as motion parallax. &nbsp;When rotating visual information is projected on to a two-dimensional screen, a dynamic three-dimensional illusion can occur. &nbsp;It can also occur with point-light displays of human movements when all that is visible is an array of moving dots. &nbsp;The ability to experience the KDE means that the visual system can resolve the &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=i7ierVkXYa8\" class=\"cc-route-enabled\" target=\"_self\" data-editable-link=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=i7ierVkXYa8?target=_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">structure from motion<\/a>&#8216; problem. &nbsp;In this respect, studies indicate that Infants around 4 to 5 months of age can extract depth-from-motion information (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.academia.edu\/773948\/Infants_perception_of_kinetic_depth_and_stereokinetic_displays\" class=\"cc-route-enabled\" target=\"_self\" data-editable-link=\"http:\/\/www.academia.edu\/773948\/Infants_perception_of_kinetic_depth_and_stereokinetic_displays&amp;target=_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">specifically<\/a>, they are sensitive to between-contour motion information KDE displays, but less so to within-contour motion information in such displays). &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>See <a href=\"depth_perception\">Depth perception<\/a>, <a href=\"information\">Information<\/a>, <a href=\"kinetic_occlusion\">Kinetic occlusion<\/a>, <a href=\"motion_parallax\">Motion parallax<\/a>, <a href=\"relative_distance\">Relative distance<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Visual information from object or surface movement that specifies its relative distance to the observer. &nbsp;Associated with this phenomenon is the kinetic depth effect&nbsp;(KDE) discovered by Wallach and O&#8217;Connell (1953). &nbsp;As with other depth cues, it is usually produced in combination with other effects such as motion parallax. &nbsp;When rotating visual information is projected on &hellip; 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