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SUBMITTER: Kawabe T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5343573 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kawabe Takahiro T Kogovšek Rok R
Scientific reports 20170309
Human observers easily recognize complex natural phenomena, such as flowing water, which often generate highly chaotic dynamic arrays of light on the retina. It has not been clarified how the visual system discerns the source of a fluid flow. Here we show that the magnitude of image deformation caused by light refraction is a critical factor for the visual system to determine the perceptual category of fluid flows. Employing a physics engine, we created computer-rendered scenes of water and hot ...[more]