Ichiro's mother is trying to teach him how to catch a ball. As the ball approaches Ichiro, it takes up more and more space on Ichiro's retinas. Ichiro perceives the change in size to mean that the ball is getting closer to him rather than perceiving it to mean the ball is getting larger. Which term does the best job of describing this phenomenon?
a. Texture gradient
b. Linear perspective
c. Motion parallax
d. Visual expansion
d
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What will be an ideal response?
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