Why does a baseball outfielder experience a reduced perceived ball speed as the ball approaches at eye level?

💡 Explanation

The perceived speed decreases because of minimal changes in the angular size of the ball on the retina when approaching at eye level, which impacts motion perception. The visual system relies on the rate of change of object size to estimate speed; therefore, a slow rate indicates low speed rather than other perceptual effects.

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