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Cutting, J. E., & Proffitt, D. R. The minimum principle and the perception of absolute, common, and relative motions. Paper submitted for publication, August 1980.
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This research was supported by NIH Grant MH-33087 to both authors. We thank Bradley K. Moss, who helped conduct the research.
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Proffitt, D.R., Cutting, J.E. Perceiving the centroid of curvilinearly bounded rolling shapes. Perception & Psychophysics 28, 484–487 (1980). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03204894
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