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The Perception of Depth

Michael Kalloniatis  1 , Charles Luu  1
Helga Kolb, Eduardo Fernandez, Bryan Jones, Ralph Nelson
, editors.
In: Webvision: The Organization of the Retina and Visual System [Internet]. Salt Lake City (UT): University of Utah Health Sciences Center; 1995.
[updated ].
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The Perception of Depth

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Stereopsis refers to our ability to appreciate depth, that is, the ability to distinguish the relative distance of objects with an apparent physical displacement between the objects. It is possible to appreciate the relative location of objects using one eye (monocular cues). However, it is the lateral displacement of the eyes that provides two slightly different views of the same object (disparate images) and allows acute stereoscopic depth discrimination.

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