As you watch a car drive toward you, you do not perceive it as growing larger, even though its image on your retina grows larger. The name for this phenomenon is

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Size constancy is the phenomenon in which our brain perceives objects as being the same size, even if the image on our retina is changing in size. In the case of a car driving toward us, the image on our retina grows larger, but our brain adjusts and perceives the car as staying the same size. This is different from proximity, which refers to the visual cue of objects being closer together appearing to be grouped together. Convergence refers to the movement of our eyes inward as we look at objects closer to us. Shape constancy refers to perceiving objects as having the same shape, even if the angle from which we view them changes.

As You Watch a Car Drive Toward You, You Do