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As Babra drove down the highway, the pickets of the fences moved past her in a blur, but the mountains in the distance didn't appear to move at all. Babra was experiencing:

Correct answer: D. The monocular cue for depth called motion parallax

  • A. The binocular cue for depth called convergence
  • B. The monocular cue for depth called linear perspective
  • C. The pictorial cue for depth called texture gradient
  • D. The monocular cue for depth called motion parallax

Explanation

Motion parallax is a monocular depth cue in which nearby objects appear to move quickly across the visual field while distant objects seem nearly stationary. The rapidly passing fence and apparently fixed mountains show this contrast.

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