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The reafference principle is a theory that has been proposed by von Holst and Mittelstaedt in 1950 that gives an explanation for the fact that self initiated motions don't interfere with the perception of constancy.

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V. Holst and H. Mittelstaedt (1950). Das Reafferenzprinzip. Naturwissenschaften. 37. 464-76