Combining depth cues: effects upon accuracy and speed of performance in a depth-ordering task. 2004

George Mather, and David R R Smith
Laboratory of Experimental Psychology, Biology School, University of Sussex, Falmer, BN1 9QG Brighton, UK. georgem@biols.susx.ac.uk

Two experiments investigated how the number of available depth cues affected the speed and accuracy of depth-ordering judgements. A series of textured tiles was presented on a computer monitor, with relative depths defined by combinations of contrast, blur and interposition. Subjects were required to move a mouse pointer inside each tile in turn, starting with the tile that appeared nearest, clicking on each. Accuracy of depth-ordering was much higher than chance in all conditions, though performance using the interposition cue alone was worse than in all other conditions. The only difference in reaction time in different cue conditions was in the time elapsed before the first-click. Subjects responded substantially faster when three depth cues were present (0.84 s) than when only one depth cue was present (1.41 s). The improvement in reaction time with cue numerosity is consistent with probability summation between cues extracted by independent processes.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D011601 Psychophysics The science dealing with the correlation of the physical characteristics of a stimulus, e.g., frequency or intensity, with the response to the stimulus, in order to assess the psychologic factors involved in the relationship. Psychophysic
D011930 Reaction Time The time from the onset of a stimulus until a response is observed. Response Latency,Response Speed,Response Time,Latency, Response,Reaction Times,Response Latencies,Response Times,Speed, Response,Speeds, Response
D003463 Cues Signals for an action; that specific portion of a perceptual field or pattern of stimuli to which a subject has learned to respond. Cue
D003867 Depth Perception Perception of three-dimensionality. Stereopsis,Stereoscopic Vision,Depth Perceptions,Perception, Depth,Perceptions, Depth,Stereopses,Stereoscopic Visions,Vision, Stereoscopic,Visions, Stereoscopic
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man

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