p339fig09.03 When an observer moves forward, an expanding optic flow is caused. Eye rotations cause a translating flow. When these flows are combined, a spiral flow is caused. How do our brains compensate for eye rotations to compute the heading of the expanding optic flow?
|| Optic flow during navigation (adapted from Warren, Hannon 1990) [observer, retinal flow]: [linear movement, expansion], [eye rotation, translation], [combined motion, spiral]