| The Ferrier Lecture, 1992. Seeing depth with two eyes: stereopsis. | |
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PMID: 7972166 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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The primate's two eyes both point forward, and are a few centimetres apart. The task of extracting depth from two slightly dissimilar two-dimensional retinal images falls on the central nervous system. The mechanism is so effective that a good observer can detect, by stereopsis alone, depth differences of as small as 10 microns at a distance of 25 cm. Psychophysical and neurophysiological studies have begun to unravel the neural circuits in the brain which process the retinal signals to yield stereoscopic information. |
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Authors:
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G Westheimer |
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Type: Journal Article; Review |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Proceedings. Biological sciences / The Royal Society Volume: 257 ISSN: 0962-8452 ISO Abbreviation: Proc. Biol. Sci. Publication Date: 1994 Aug |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 1994-12-02 Completed Date: 1994-12-02 Revised Date: 2005-11-16 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 101245157 Medline TA: Proc Biol Sci Country: ENGLAND |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 205-14 Citation Subset: IM; S |
Affiliation:
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Division of Neurobiology, University of California, Berkeley 94720-3200. |
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Animals Depth Perception / physiology* Humans Models, Neurological Primates / physiology Psychophysics Vision Disparity / physiology Visual Cortex / physiology |
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