Relative Distance Judgment

By Timothy Bahls

Abstract:

Human eyes are very precise when gauging relative distances if the two distances are aligned and close. However, this ability decreases as the distances are farther apart or misaligned.

Thus we can tell that human eyes are better locally than globally. This suggests that more rigorous local-based methods can make up for less rigorous global methods, and that approaches that devalue global distance information are promising.

The paper can be downloaded here.

Which rectangle below is taller?