Stereopsis Flashcards
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Define Depth Perception
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- The ability to see the world in 3D
- Mix of binocular or monocular cues
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Name the monocular & binocular cues?
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The cues that permit interpretation of depth with one eye alone are called..?
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Monocular or empirical cues of depth
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Which one is hard wired vs learned (Monocular and Binocular)
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Binocular depth cues = Hardwired
Monocular depth cues = Learned
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List the pictorial cues (cues seen in photographs) vs. Nonpictorial cues (Monocular cues)
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Pictorial cues
- Retinal image size
- Emmert’s Law
- Size constancy (Familiar)
- Linear perspective
- Texture gradient
- Imposition (interposition)
- Aerial perspective
- Shading (Light & shadow)
Presented in 2D representation like a photograph or painting/ Seen monocularly
Nonpictorial cues
- Accommodation
- Motion parallax
- Angular declination
- Kinetic depth effect
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Relative (Retinal Image) Size
(Image: Which one is closer?)
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- No reference = assume balloons are the same size
- When visual depth cues are removed
- smaller retinal image = perceived farther away
- larger retinal image = perceived as near
- Relative size is an important depth cue when viewing a scene that includes objects whose sizes can be compared to eachother
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Size & Perceived Distance (Emmert’s law)
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Emmert’s law: The perceived size of the object producing a retinal image of a given fixed size is proportional to its perceive distance
- Greater distance = afterimage appears to increase in size
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Describe the moon illusion (Ex. Emmert’s Law)
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- Moon on horizon = Larger (interpreted as more distance)
- Moon on Zenith = Smaller (Closer distance)
- Even though angular subtense is the same under both conditions
- Tree, houses, fields & other interposing objects causes the moon to appear farther away when viewed on the horizon and hence make it look larger
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Describe Size Constancy (Familiar Size) when distance cues are not available
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- 2 objects with unequal retinal images
- Same size at different distances
- Size constancy = perceptual scaling of the perceived size of an object according to the estimate distance
- When distance cues are not available, the visual system defaults to using reintal image size as the main cue to stimulus size
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Describe size constancy when numerous cues are available (Natural Scenes)
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- Cues occurs with objects of known size
- Ex. Taxi’s are larger than people
- So the visual system assumes that the taxi is far away because we rely on experience
- Even if other cues are removed, we can use familiar size to judge distance
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Define size constancy
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- When people’s perception of a particular object’s sizes does not change regardless of changes in distance from the object, (even though distance affects the size of the object as it is projected onto the retina)
- Tendency to perceive an object as being of one size no matter how far away the object is
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What occurs when size constancy fails?
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Size illusion occurs
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Linear Perspective
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- Related to relative size, can be experienced by looking down a a long corridor or railroad track
- The retinal image size of the rail separation is smaller int he background than the foreground creating illusion of depth
- although they are physically the same distance from the eyes
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Describe Texture Gradient
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- Bricks in the background = more densely packed
- Densely packed object = smaller retinal image size = more distance
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Interposition (Imposition)
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- Occurs when view is partially obstructed
- Church is interposed between the viewer and mountains (perceived as lying distant to it)
- Nearer object occldues the distant object creating a sense of depth
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Describe Aerial Perspective
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- form of interposition/clarity
- Fog, rain, smoke and smog may act as interposing elements-causing them to appear more distant and contributes to sense of depth
- Distance objects appear less sharper than near
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Lighting & Shading
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- Direction of lighting & shading of an object can tell us about the object’s depth
- When lighting falls on an object = casts a shadow
- Shadow falls behind the object creating a sense of depth
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Describe Accommodation
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- Increase accommodation to keep the object at near in focus can provide cue for depth
- Hypothesis: level of innervation of accommodation could provide distance information
- not used as much to judge distances
- Accommodation = weak cue for depth perception
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Describe Motion Parallax
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- kinetic monocular depth cue
- Results when a moving observer fixates on an object while noticing the relative motion of surrounding objects
- Relative motion provides information regarding distance
- Distance = With motion
- Near = Against motion
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Kinetic Depth Effect
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- Shape from motion
- Rotating wire 2D - differential motion = give rise to 3D percept
- Looming - rapid expansion (or shrinking) in the size of any given image
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Angular Declindation below the horizon
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- Monocular observer stands upright in an empty room viewing an object at 10 feet
- Despite the absence of pictorial depth cues the observer is able to correctly judge the object’s distances
- The object makes an angle with the horizon referred to as angular declination below the horizon
- The visual system uses this angle to determine object distance
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BV Disadvantages
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- They require more neurons and neural activity
- Two eyes MUST work together with little error
- More prcise controlled system required
Coordination Entails
- Eye movement coordination
- Equal VA in both eyes
- Binocular fusion
- Binocularity without suppression
- Healthy eyes without anisometropia, aniseikonia
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Misalignment between the two eyes incorrectly can produce
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- Strabismus (eye turn)
- Amblyopia (reduced spatial vision in one eye)
- Suppression or
- diplopia
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Binocular vision (Advantage)
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- Spare eye
- Wider field of eye (Major benefit)
- Binocular summaiton
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Stereopsis (Major benefit) - important basisi for
- figure-ground segregation
- Avoidance of collision with objects
- Navigation through environment
- Stereopsis also improves performance on near visual tasks
- We are more accurate in perceiving depth (stereopsis) = Major advantage!!
- Figure-ground segregation - spot camouflaged objects in some surroundings
- Better navigation through our environment, and prevention of collisions
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Describe ground visual segregation
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- Depth perception would allow these columns to stand out against the natural void of the dark bg
- Pt w/ alzheimer’s disease have issues w/ figure-ground discrimination
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List the binocular cues of depth
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- Stereopsis (Retinal disparity)
- Convergence
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Describe stereopsis (Retinal Disparity
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- Combining info of both eyes to perceive a 3D percept
- most accurate when images are on non-corresponding points that are close together (ex. within panum’s fusional area)
- When fixating at distance object, the monocular images of the near object will NOT fall on corresponding points, but will have disparity
- near object = 3D
- Strongest depth cue
- Stereopsis: lateral (horizontal binocular disparity) difference between the fixated and nonfixated object
- allows visual system estimate what degree the object is removed from the horopter
- Is automatic or preattentive (basic feature of visual perception)
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- Fixating at the center ball, the observer is
- able to judge the relative distances of the three balls even if monocular cues (size, interposition) are eliminated
- Light rays eminating from the distant ball strike the retinas nasal to the foveas, giving rise to retinal disparity
- Uncrossed disparity - images from nasal to the foveas = ball is further
- Crossed disparity - images form temporal to the foveas = ball is closer
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Stereoposis (Retinal disparity): The binocular system processes ____ _____. (Tells us if the object is closer or further away from us compared to other objects)
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- Relative Disparity NOT absolute disparity (not absolute position of the object)
- Stereopsis is very important contributor to depth perception at near distances not so much for far objects
- The threshold for retinal disparity requires such objects to be separated by great distances
- Small disparity = fusion (stereopsis)
- Large disparity = physiological diplopia
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_____ is the most robust depth cue
What does the stereopsis test tests for?
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Stereopsis
- Stereopsis is achieved automatically without conscious effort (preattentive)
- Ex. Stereo-circles pop out quickly without effort
- Stereopsis test: tests for suppresion
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Which distance is crossed vs uncrossed (nearer/farther) and they lie on which side of the retina? (Temporal/nasal)
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- Farther/nearer determined by relative image displacement OD/OS
- Nearer (crossed disparity) = images on temporal retina
- Farther (uncrossed disparity) = image on nasal retina (relative to fixation)
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Convergence
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- Convergence is the weakest binocular depth cue
- Degree of convergence can influence perceived distance & size
- Ex. Judge distance by how much one converges (level of innervation for convergence)
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What is the SILO effect? (Convergence)
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SILO effect - measurement of pt ranges of convergence & divergence
- smaller = in
- larger = out
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SILO effect refers to the presumed change of the perceived size of a test object that a patient experience, while maintaining fusion when convergence or divergence is varied (Prism effect in new glasses)
- Increased convergence = BO prisms (plus lenses), object may appear to become smaller & nearer
- Increased divergence = BI prisms (minus lenses), object may apper larger & further
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When will you experience SILO effect?
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SILO effect - prism effect in new glasses and adjustment to new glasses
- Natural consequence of size constancy
- Pt need to be cautioned with new glasses
- The response is used in visual therapy as a feedback mechanism to pt about their performance
- In general the visual system is poor at using convergence cues, but as with SILO effect can modify our judgement
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Describe SOLI effect
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- Smaller OUT; Larger IN
- Opposite of SILO effect can happen
- Due to subject prior experience that near objects are larger
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Why is vergence important? Describe micropsia & macropsia.
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- Vergence is necessary to our ability to process large absolute disparities
- useless for small disparities
- Micropsia - objects look smaller w/ prism = causes smaller object appearances as if further away,
- Macropsia - objects look larger w/ prism = laerger object appears closer
- Long term adaption can improve this effect
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Define relative depth
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- comparison of relative distance between objects (which one is closer & which one is farther away)
- Stereopsis is a relative measurement !!
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Define relative disparity
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- encoding the realtive depth between objects as the difference between the absolute disparities of the 2 objects
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Stereopsis is a ____ measurement
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- Stereopsis is a relative measurement
- Absolute depth/Absolute disparity = difference in angular distance from the fovea in 2 eyes
- Relative depth/Relative disparity = differences in angles subtended in object space (a relative to b)
- The binocular visual system processes relative disparity NOT absolute disparity
- Binocular disparity does not tell us the absolute position of any particular object
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Define orientation disparity
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- Orientation disparity - differences in the orientation of targets presented to each eye might yield a percept of depth (results from gradual change in horizontal disparity)
- Diffrequency - phenomenon where stereoscopic tilit* (percept) is created by 2 sine wave grating targets
