Stewart et al (1993, Perception22 1227–1244) attempted to demonstrate that the ratio of angular speed to angular acceleration, θ̇/θ̈, of the approaching object is preferred as the source of time-to-collision information to the ratio of visual angle to angular speed, θ/θ̇. It is demonstrated that this is not justified.
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