Monocular gap stereopsis: Manipulation of the outer edge disparity and the shape of the gap

Vision Research

Volumn 43, Issue 18, 2003, Pages 1937-1950

  Pianta, Michael J ^a   Gillam, Barbara J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Binocular; Depth; Matching; Occlusion; Unpaired background stereopsis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; MONOCULAR VISION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOSCOPIC VISION; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0038121789     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(03)00252-9     Document Type: Article

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