Parallel-alleys and distance-alleys on horopter plane in the dark. 1984

T Indow, and T Watanabe

On each of three frontoparallel planes at distances of about 98, 186, and 276 cm from the subject, two series of light points running horizontally in the dark, one above the other, were constructed by six subjects: a P-alley in which the two series appear as two straight lines that are parallel, and a D-alley in which each pair of points appear equally separated in the vertical direction. Luneburg's mapping functions between visual space and physical space have been used to obtain estimates of K (curvature) and sigma (a constant related to depth perception). In addition, ratios of perceptual distances were assessed by four out of the six subjects with eleven triplets of points on the alleys and values of K were estimated (and the fits of theoretical equations were tested) without the use of the mapping functions. In contrast to experiments with P-alleys and D-alleys on the horizontal plane, K was not unequivocally negative in either of the two experiments.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D009949 Orientation Awareness of oneself in relation to time, place and person. Cognitive Orientation,Mental Orientation,Psychological Orientation,Cognitive Orientations,Mental Orientations,Orientation, Cognitive,Orientation, Mental,Orientation, Psychological,Orientations,Orientations, Cognitive,Orientations, Mental,Orientations, Psychological,Psychological Orientations
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
D003867 Depth Perception Perception of three-dimensionality. Stereopsis,Stereoscopic Vision,Depth Perceptions,Perception, Depth,Perceptions, Depth,Stereopses,Stereoscopic Visions,Vision, Stereoscopic,Visions, Stereoscopic
D004215 Distance Perception The act of knowing or the recognition of a distance by recollective thought, or by means of a sensory process which is under the influence of a set of prior experiences. Distance Discrimination,Discrimination, Distance,Discriminations, Distance,Perception, Distance
D005556 Form Perception The sensory discrimination of a pattern, shape, or outline. Contour Perception,Contour Perceptions,Form Perceptions,Perception, Contour,Perception, Form,Perceptions, Contour,Perceptions, Form
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013028 Space Perception The awareness of the spatial properties of objects; includes physical space. Perception, Space,Perceptions, Space,Space Perceptions

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