surface distances and mental space

The farthest surfaces, like the sky or distant mountains, seem to be a few kilometers away. The closest surfaces, like a book, appear smaller than their retinal visual angle indicates. Perhaps, rather than varying directly with distance, perceived sizes are logarithms of distances {surface distances and mental space}.

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