Binocular depth discrimination and estimation beyond interaction space

Journal of Vision

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Allison, Robert S ^a   Gillam, Barbara J ^b   Vecellio, Elia ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Binocular vision; Cue Combination; Depth constancy; Depth perception; Distance perception; Scaling; Stereopsis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BINOCULAR VISION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

CUES; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DISTANCE PERCEPTION; HUMANS; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISION, BINOCULAR;

EID: 58349117914     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/9.1.10     Document Type: Article

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