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Psychology

Perception

Honors Theses

2020

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The Role Of Action In Affordance Perception Using Virtual Reality, Ashley J. Funkhouser May 2020

The Role Of Action In Affordance Perception Using Virtual Reality, Ashley J. Funkhouser

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Space perception in virtual reality (VR) is distorted. Does action in conjunction with an avatar's presence improve perception in VR? Participants judged whether a virtual ball was within reach. Condition 1 was perception-only, where the participant was not allowed to move nor could see their arms. Condition 2 was perception with nonvisible action, where the participant could move their real arm to reach but could not see an avatar representation of the arm. Condition 3 was perception with visible action, where the participant could move and see a virtual hand that corresponded to the actual arm movement. Participants overestimated their …