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Matching perceived depth from disparity and from velocity: Modeling and psychophysics.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  19963200     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
We asked observers to match in depth a disparity-only stimulus with a velocity-only stimulus. The observers' responses revealed systematic biases: the two stimuli appeared to be matched in depth when they were produced by the projection of different distal depth extents. We discuss two alternative models of depth recovery that could account for these results. (1) Depth matches could be obtained by scaling the image signals by constants not specified by optical information, and (2) depth matches could be obtained by equating the stimuli in terms of their signal-to-noise ratios (see Domini & Caudek, 2009). We show that the systematic failures of shape constancy revealed by observers' judgments are well accounted for by the hypothesis that the apparent depth of a stimulus is determined by the magnitude of the retinal signals relative to the uncertainty (i.e., internal noise) arising from the measurement of those signals.
Authors:
Fulvio Domini; Corrado Caudek
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2009-12-05
Journal Detail:
Title:  Acta psychologica     Volume:  133     ISSN:  1873-6297     ISO Abbreviation:  Acta Psychol (Amst)     Publication Date:  2010 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-01-27     Completed Date:  2010-04-19     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0370366     Medline TA:  Acta Psychol (Amst)     Country:  Netherlands    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  81-9     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
Copyright 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Affiliation:
Brown University, Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences, Providence, RI 02912, USA. fulvio.domini@brown.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Attention / physiology
Chi-Square Distribution
Cues
Depth Perception / physiology*
Humans
Models, Neurological
Motion Perception / physiology*
Optical Illusions / physiology*
Orientation / physiology
Pattern Recognition, Visual / physiology*
Regression Analysis
Sensory Thresholds / physiology*
Vision Disparity / physiology

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