Decreases in the critical disparity gradient with eccentricity may reflect the size–disparity correlation

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1205-1212

  Scharff, Lauren F V ^a  

^a STEPHEN F AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY;

DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISION DISPARITY; VISION, BINOCULAR;

EID: 0031159892     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.14.001205     Document Type: Article

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