Vection increases with optic flow exposure duration

Takeharu Seno, Kyushu University
Kayoko Murata, Tokyo Metropolitan University
Yoshitaka Fujii, Ritsumeikan University
Hidetoshi Kanaya, Aichi Shukutoku University
Masaki Ogawa, Kyushu University
Kousuke Tokunaga, Kyushu University
Stephen Palmisano, University of Wollongong

Seno, T., Murata, K., Fujii, Y., Kanaya, H., Ogawa, M., Tokunaga, K. & Palmisano, S. (2018). Vection increases with optic flow exposure duration. i-Perception, Online First 1-16.

Abstract

We examined whether vection strength could be modulated by altering the exposure duration to optic flow. Experiment 1 sourced 150 different video clips from various Japanese animation works which simulated self-motion. Despite large differences in the content of these video clips, we found a significant positive correlation between their play durations and their ratings of vection magnitude. Experiment 2 examined this relationship further using more tightly controlled visual motion stimuli. Vection was induced by presenting the motion of the same expanding grating stimulus for 8, 16, 32, or 64 seconds. While vection onset latencies remained constant across these four conditions, vection magnitude/strength was found to increase systematically with the exposure duration. As predicted by a recent computational model of vection, we conclude that subjective vection strength does depend on the exposure duration to optic flow.

 

Link to publisher version (DOI)

http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2041669518774069