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Projected disparity, not horizontal disparity, predicts stereo depth of 1-D patterns.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  19540869     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Binocular disparities have a straightforward geometric relation to object depth, but the computation that humans use to turn disparity signals into depth percepts is neither straightforward nor well understood. One seemingly solid result, which came out of Wheatstone's work in the 1830s, is that the sign and magnitude of horizontal disparity predict the perceived depth of an object: 'positive' horizontal disparities yield the perception of 'far' depth, 'negative' horizontal disparities yield the perception of 'near' depth, and variations in the magnitude of horizontal disparity monotonically increase or decrease the perceived extent of depth. Here we show that this classic link between horizontal disparity and the perception of 'near' versus 'far' breaks down when the stimuli are one-dimensional. For these stimuli, horizontal is not a privileged disparity direction. Instead of relying on horizontal disparities to determine their depth relative to that of two-dimensional stimuli, the visual system uses a disparity calculation that is non-veridical yet well suited to deal with the joint coding of disparity and orientation.
Authors:
Bart Farell; Yu-Chin Chai; Julian M Fernandez
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural     Date:  2009-06-21
Journal Detail:
Title:  Vision research     Volume:  49     ISSN:  1878-5646     ISO Abbreviation:  Vision Res.     Publication Date:  2009 Aug 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2009-08-12     Completed Date:  2009-12-14     Revised Date:  2011-02-21    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0417402     Medline TA:  Vision Res     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  2209-16     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Institute for Sensory Research, Syracuse University, 621 Skytop Rd., Syracuse, NY 13323-5290, USA. bfarell@syr.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Depth Perception / physiology*
Humans
Pattern Recognition, Visual / physiology*
Photic Stimulation / methods
Psychometrics
Psychophysics
Vision Disparity / physiology*
Vision, Binocular / physiology
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
EYR01-012286//PHS HHS; R01 EY012286-09/EY/NEI NIH HHS
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