Vergence eye movements are not required for stereoscopic depth perception. Lugtigheid, A. J., Wilcox, L. M., Allison, R. S., & Howard, I. P. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 281(1776):20132118.1-20132118.7, 2014. ![Vergence eye movements are not required for stereoscopic depth perception [link]](https://bibbase.org/img/filetypes/link.svg "link")
Paper -1 -2 doi abstract bibtex The brain receives disparate retinal input owing to the separation of the eyes, yet we usually perceive a single fused world. This is because of complex interactions between sensory and oculomotor processes that quickly act to reduce excessive retinal disparity. This implies a strong link between depth perception and fusion, but it is well established that stereoscopic depth percepts are also obtained from stimuli that produce double images. Surprisingly, the nature of depth percepts from such diplopic stimuli remains poorly understood. Specifically, despite long-standing debate it is unclear whether depth under diplopia is owing to the retinal disparity (directly), or whether the brain interprets signals from fusional vergence responses to large disparities (indirectly). Here, we addressed this question using stereoscopic afterimages, for which fusional vergence cannot provide retinal feedback about depth. We showed that observers could reliably recover depth sign and magnitude from diplopic afterimages. In addition, measuring vergence responses to large disparity stimuli revealed that that the sign and magnitude of vergence responses are not systematically related to the target disparity, thus ruling out an indirect explanation of our results. Taken together, our research provides the first conclusive evidence that stereopsis is a direct process, even for diplopic targets.
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abstract = {The brain receives disparate retinal input owing to the separation of the eyes, yet we usually perceive a single fused world. This is because of complex interactions between sensory and oculomotor processes that quickly act to reduce excessive retinal disparity. This implies a strong link between depth perception and fusion, but it is well established that stereoscopic depth percepts are also obtained from stimuli that produce double images. Surprisingly, the nature of depth percepts from such diplopic stimuli remains poorly understood. Specifically, despite long-standing debate it is unclear whether depth under diplopia is owing to the retinal disparity (directly), or whether the brain interprets signals from fusional vergence responses to large disparities (indirectly). Here, we addressed this question using stereoscopic afterimages, for which fusional vergence cannot provide retinal feedback about depth. We showed that observers could reliably recover depth sign and magnitude from diplopic afterimages. In addition, measuring vergence responses to large disparity stimuli revealed that that the sign and magnitude of vergence responses are not systematically related to the target disparity, thus ruling out an indirect explanation of our results. Taken together, our research provides the first conclusive evidence that stereopsis is a direct process, even for diplopic targets.},
author = {A. J. Lugtigheid and L. M. Wilcox and R. S. Allison and I. P. Howard},
date-added = {2013-11-26 12:25:39 +0000},
date-modified = {2014-09-26 02:31:01 +0000},
doi = {10.1098/rspb.2013.2118},
journal = {Proceedings of the Royal Society B},
keywords = {Stereopsis, Vergence},
number = {1776},
pages = {20132118.1-20132118.7},
title = {Vergence eye movements are not required for stereoscopic depth perception},
url = {http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/281/1776/20132118.short},
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