PSYC 2390 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Horopter, Visual Angle, Binocular Disparity

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2390
• Professor: Lana Trick

Document Summary

Stereoscopic vision: two-eyed depth percepion, involves mechanisms that take into account diferences in the images formed on the let and right eyes. Stereoscopic depth percepion: depth percepion created by input from both eyes. Seeing depth with two eyes: 3d movies and strabismus (misalignment of the eyes) allow us to appreciate the qualitaive diference between monocular depth and stereoscopic depth percepion. Binocular disparity: the diferences in the images on the let and right reinas, is the basis of stereoscopic vision, corresponding reinal points. Points on the reina that overlap if the eyes are superimposed on each other. An imaginary surface that passes through the point of ixaion. Images caused by a visual simulus on this surface fall on corresponding: absolute disparity indicates distance from the horopter points on the 2 reina. Images of objects that are not on the horopter fall on the non-corresponding points. The degree to which these objects deviate from falling on corresponding points.