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A new apparatus for studying the visual perception of rotational motion is presented. The revolving X-Y plotter allows the observer to directly affect changes in the motion parameters of a revolving stimulus as it is being viewed. The advantages afforded by this apparatus over previously used response measures is discussed followed by a description of its design and utilization. The primary value of the apparatus is that it makes possible a precise response measure of the perceived center of any rotating stimulus.
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Cutting, J. E., & Proffitt, D. R.The minimum principle and the perception of absolute, common, and relative motions. Manuscript submitted for publication, 1980.
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This research was supported by NIH Grant MH35530, awarded to James E. Cutting and D. R. Proffitt, and also by a grant from the University Research Policy Council of the University of Virginia, awarded to the first author.
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Proffitt, D.R., Simmons, R.W. A revolving X-Y plotter for studying the perception of rotational motions. Behavior Research Methods & Instrumentation 12, 601–604 (1980). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03201850
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