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PERCEPTUAL constancy refers to relative stability in judgments of an object property with changes in its sensory stimulus. For example, visual judgments of the size and shape of objects are relatively stable because the retinal stimulus varies with changes in the distance of the object and slant in depth respectively1,2. Likewise, judgments of object orientation vary only slightly with gross changes in the orientation of the retinal image with lateral head tilt3. The data reported here demonstrate the occurrence of perceptual constancy of auditory direction judgments with variation in the binaural stimulus consequent on head rotation.
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DAY, R. Perceptual Constancy of Auditory Direction with Head Rotation. Nature 219, 501–502 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/219501a0
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