Stereoscopic perception of real depths at large distances

Journal of Vision

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Palmisano, Stephen ^a   Gillam, Barbara ^b   Govan, Donovan G ^b   Allison, Robert S ^c   Harris, Julie M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Binocular vision; Depth constancy; Depth perception; Depth scaling; Distance perception; Stereopsis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; EYE MOVEMENT; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

CUES; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; EYE MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; PSYCHOPHYSICS; VISION DISPARITY;

EID: 79952633121     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/10.6.19     Document Type: Article

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