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. 2013 Feb 7;8(2):e55446. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0055446

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(A) Optic flow field generated by an observer moving over a ground surface and an object (yellow dot) moving from right to left. (B) The component of optic flow due to self-motion independent of object motion. (C) The component of optic flow due to object motion independent of self-motion. The optic flow field (A) is the vector sum of the self-motion (B) and object-motion (C) components.