Can random-dot stereograms serve as a model for the perception of depth in relation to real three-dimensional objects?

Vision Research

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1473-1477

  Bishop, P O ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Depth constancy; Disparity; Eye vergence; Stereogram; Stereoscopic depth

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA IMAGE; VISION TEST;

EID: 0029915957     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0042-6989(95)00211-1     Document Type: Letter

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