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What determines the reference framework for stereopsis?
Andrew Glennerster, Martin Birch
and Suzanne McKee*
University Laboratory of Physiology, Oxford
*Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute, San Francisco
Depth relative to a local surface
L R
Mitchison and McKee (85, 87)Mitchison and Westheimer (84)
Reference plane
Prediction
L R
Thresholdplanes,accordingto‘surface’hypothesis
Thresholdsshould all bethe same,according to‘fronto-parallel’hypothesis
Stimulus details
Target column
4
Task• is central column in front or behind the plane of the grid?
• dot size 2 arcmin• pixel size 0.45 arcmin• anti-aliased• viewing distance 2.65 m• exposure 600 ms• grid disparity gradient +/- 0.1• slant about a vertical axis• modified Wheatstone stereoscope
Stimulus
Psychometric procedure• method of constant stimuli• 7 disparities per psychometric function (at least 1400 trials)• 3 psychometric functions interleaved …
Summary of thresholds
0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
R cyc L R cyc L
Thr
esho
ld (
arcm
in) MDB 12% difference
p < 0.001(one-tailed t-test)
23% diff.p < 0.0001
Summary of thresholds
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0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
R cyc L R cyc L
Thr
esho
ld (
arcm
in) AG
15% differencep < 0.0112% diff.
p < 0.01
Summary
Thresholdplanes
• Thresholds for detecting relative disparity depend on the local surface slant
• Thresholds are lowest when the displacement is more orthogonal to the surface
Conclusion
• The visual system may represent depth in a surface-based coordinate frame ...
• … and hence be much less sensitive to rotations and translations of the head
Conclusion
• The visual system may represent depth in a surface-based coordinate frame ...
• … and hence be much less sensitive to rotations and translations of the head
Comparison with lateral displacement thresholds Key:
F-P grid, lateral judgement
Width of grid in the eye in whichthe target was displaced
(arcmin)
Target columnTarget column
Slanted grid (+0.1) depth judgementSlanted grid (-0.1) depth judgement
Subject MDB
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