The psychophysics of bouncing: Perceptual constraints, physical constraints, animacy, and phenomenal causality.

ABSTRACT: In the present study we broadly explored the perception of physical and animated motion in bouncing-like scenarios through four experiments. In the first experiment, participants were asked to categorize bouncing-like displays as physical bounce, animated motion, or other. Several parameters of the animations were manipulated, that is, the simulated coefficient of restitution, the value of simulated gravitational acceleration, the motion pattern (uniform acceleration/deceleration or constant speed) and the number of bouncing cycles. In the second experiment, a variable delay at the moment of the collision between the bouncing object and the bouncing surface was introduced. Main results show that, although observers appear to have realistic representations of physical constraints like energ

SUBMITTER: Vicovaro M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10437946 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature