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Transformation of the visual-line value in binocular vision: stimuli on corresponding points can be seen in two different directions.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  10953762     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
We examined Wheatstone's (1838 Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 128 371-394) claim that images falling on retinally corresponding points can be seen in two different directions, in violation of Hering's law of identical visual direction. Our analyses showed that random-dot stereograms contain stimulus elements that are conceptually equivalent to the line stimuli in the stereogram from which Wheatstone made his claim. Our experiment demonstrated that two lines embedded in a random-dot stereogram appeared in two different directions when they stimulated retinally corresponding points, if the disparity gradient value of the lines was infinity relative to adjacent elements. To ensure that the two lines stimulated corresponding points, observers made vergence eye movements while maintaining the perception of the two lines in two different directions.
Authors:
H Ono; K Shimono; S Saida; H Ujike
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Perception     Volume:  29     ISSN:  0301-0066     ISO Abbreviation:  Perception     Publication Date:  2000  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2000-09-07     Completed Date:  2000-09-07     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0372307     Medline TA:  Perception     Country:  ENGLAND    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  421-36     Citation Subset:  IM; S    
Affiliation:
ATR Human Information Processing Laboratories, Kyoto, Japan. hono@yorku.ca
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Convergence, Ocular / physiology
Depth Perception / physiology*
Humans
Retina / physiology
Vision Disparity / physiology
Vision, Binocular / physiology*

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