Perceiving in Depth, Volume 2: Stereoscopic Vision

Neuausgabe 2012
ISBN: 978-0-19-976415-0
Verlag: OXFORD UNIV PR

Buch, Englisch, Band 29, 648 Seiten, Format (B × H): 218 mm x 284 mm, Gewicht: 2268 g

Reihe: Oxford Psychology Series

Perceiving in Depth is a sequel to Binocular Vision and Stereopsis and to Seeing in Depth, both by Ian P. Howard and Brian J. Rogers. This three-volume work is much broader in scope than previous texts and includes mechanisms of depth perception by all senses, including aural, electrosensory organs, and the somatosensory system. The work contains three extensively illustrated and referenced volumes. Volume 1 reviews sensory coding,
psychophysical and analytic procedures, and basic visual mechanisms. Volume 2 reviews stereoscopic vision. Volume 3 reviews all mechanisms of depth perception other than stereoscopic vision. Together, these three volumes provide the most detailed review of all aspects of perceiving the three-dimensional world.

Volume 2 addresses stereoscopic vision in cats and primates, including humans. It starts with an account of the physiology of stereoscopic mechanisms. It then deals with binocular rivalry, binocular summation, binocular masking, and the interocular transfer of visual effects, such as the motion aftereffect and visual learning. Visual inputs from corresponding regions in the two eyes project to binocular cells in the visual cortex and fuse to create an impression of one image. The geometry of
the region in space that creates fused images (the horopter) is discussed in some detail. Objects outside the horopter produce images with binocular disparity. Stereoscopic vision depends on the detection of these disparities after the two images have brought into correct register in the visual
cortex. A review of mechanisms that bring the images into binocular register is followed by a review of stimulus tokens that are used to detect binocular disparities. A visual effect that is visible only after inputs from the two eyes have by combined is a cyclopean effect. Cyclopean effects, such as cyclopean geometrical illusions, cyclopean motion, texture segregation, and binocular direction are reviewed. a geometry of binocular vision and of mechanisms that allow us to perceive depth from
binocular disparity. Stereoacuity is the smallest depth interval that can be detected. The factors that influence stereoacuity are discussed. The many types of binocular disparity, such as point disparity, orientation disparity, and spatial gradients of disparity are described. The role of each type
of disparity in stereopsis is reviewed. Stimuli in distinct depth planes produce contrast effects and many visual effects, such as figure perception, motion perception, and whiteness perception, are affected by the relative distances of stimuli. These topics are reviewed. The spatiotemporal aspects of stereoscopic vision, including the Pulfrich stereomotion effect are reviewed. The volume ends with a review of techniques used to create stereoscopic displays and of the applications of
stereoscopy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Howard, Ian P.

Rogers, Brian J.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Neurobiologie, Verhaltensbiologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Neurologie, Klinische Neurowissenschaft
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Neurowissenschaften, Kognitionswissenschaft
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Augenheilkunde, Optometrie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Kognitionspsychologie Wahrnehmung
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Biologische Psychologie, Neuropsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents of Volume 2

11. Physiology of disparity detection

12. Binocular fusion and rivalry

13. Binocular summation, masking, and transfer

14. Binocular correspondence and the horopter

15. Linking binocular images

16. Cyclopean vision

17. Stimulus tokens for stereopsis

18. Stereoscopic acuity

19. Types of binocular disparity
20. Binocular disparity and depth perception
21. Depth contrast

22. Stereopsis and perceptual organization
23. The Pulfrich effect

24. Stereoscopic techniques and applications

References

Subject index

Portrait index

Index of cited journals

Über Autor(innen)

Ian P. Howard graduated from Manchester University in 1952. He was a Lecturer in Psychology in Durham University from 1952 to 1965 and Associate Professor in Psychology in New York University from 1965 to 1966. In 1966 he was appointed Professor of Psychology at York University, Toronto, where is now Distinguished Research Professor of Psychology and Biology.

Brian J. Rogers graduated in Psychology from the University of Bristol in 1969, where he obtained a Ph.D. in 1976. From 1973 to 1984 he was a Lecturer in Psychology at the University of St. Andrews. In 1995 he was appointed Professor of Experimental Psychology at the University of Oxford.