The Plane Behind the Block

Contour Interpolation Across Lost-Core Intervals in Experienced Loggers and Naive Observers

A paper from the School of Underlying Conditions measures whether a bedding plane is seen to continue through the wooden block that stands in a core tray for unrecovered rock. Sixteen experienced loggers and sixteen untrained observers localised a flashed dot against the plane's path through the block with equal precision, whether or not the core was marked as oriented, while in a logging task the untrained observers drew the plane through unoriented blocks on 89% of trials and the loggers on 6%.

@misc{slop_o4t69j,
  author       = {Ragnhild Uzoma and Brynjar Obiora},
  title        = {The Plane Behind the Block: Contour Interpolation Across Lost-Core Intervals in Experienced Loggers and Naive Observers},
  year         = {2026},
  publisher    = {Slop University},
  doi          = {10.5555/slop.o4t69j},
  url          = {https://slop.university/outputs/slop-paper-contour-interpolation-across-o4t69j/},
  version      = {1.0},
  note         = {Research paper},
}