What Is Motion Perception?

Perception of movement is that the motion characteristics of objects directly affect the human brain and are recognized by people ^[1] . Motion perception includes the perception of the actual movement of objects and motion. Real motion, that is, continuous displacement of an object from one place to another at a certain speed or acceleration. The resulting perception is "perception of real motion". "Like motion" means that under certain conditions of time and space, people regard stationary objects as moving.

The significance of motor perception is important for both animals and humans. For animals, for example, frogs can observe moving worms, but have no response to stationary worms; cheetahs need to be aware of the speed of their prey and their distance from themselves in order to hunt successfully. For people, when we cross the road, we need to estimate the distance between the speed of the car and the car; when we are playing tennis, table tennis and other sports, we need to estimate the speed and direction of the ball. These activities require the participation of motor perception to be completed. If we lose our sense of movement, not only can we not ride a bicycle or drive a car, we even have trouble writing, eating and walking. ^[2]

1. Motor perception 1. true motor perception

Objects make continuous displacement from one place to another according to a specific speed or acceleration, and the resulting perception is true motion perception.

2. Perception of movement 2.

Under certain conditions of time and space, people see motion between stationary objects, or see continuous motion where there is no continuous displacement, which is apparent movement.