Stereoscopic depth perception at high velocities. 1995

M J Morgan, and E Castet
Department of Visual Science, Institute of Ophthalmology, London, UK.

The view of the world from different perspectives provided by the two eyes is used by the human visual system to compute the relative distances and solid shapes of objects. However, the traditional theory of binocular disparity takes little account of the fact that a moving target will stimulate many different sets of disparate points in the two eyes with a range of temporal delays. Here we show that stereoacuity for periodic grating is not degraded by velocities of up to 640 degrees s-1 provided that they do not move at a greater rate than 30 cycles s-1. The minimum detectable spatial phase difference between the eyes was equivalent to a spatial phase difference of about 5 degrees and an interocular temporal delay as small as 450 microseconds. We suggest that stereopsis for moving targets is accomplished by neurons having a spatial-temporal phase shift in their receptive fields between the eyes.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D009039 Motion Perception The real or apparent movement of objects through the visual field. Movement Perception,Perception, Motion,Perception, Movement
D003867 Depth Perception Perception of three-dimensionality. Stereopsis,Stereoscopic Vision,Depth Perceptions,Perception, Depth,Perceptions, Depth,Stereopses,Stereoscopic Visions,Vision, Stereoscopic,Visions, Stereoscopic
D004056 Differential Threshold The smallest difference which can be discriminated between two stimuli or one which is barely above the threshold. Difference Limen,Just-Noticeable Difference,Weber-Fechner Law,Difference Limens,Difference, Just-Noticeable,Differences, Just-Noticeable,Differential Thresholds,Just Noticeable Difference,Just-Noticeable Differences,Law, Weber-Fechner,Limen, Difference,Limens, Difference,Threshold, Differential,Thresholds, Differential,Weber Fechner Law
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man

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