title: Binocular vision: moving closer to reality.
abstract: Vision science is a truly interdisciplinary field of research, lying at the interface between psychology, computer science and neurobiology. It spans a broad range of research questions, from what visual neurons in the brain do, to the design and use of virtual reality technology. Here, I will take one well-researched area of human vision binocular depth perception, as an exemplar of the various ways in which the processes of human perception can be studied: from basic questions about the sensitivity of binocular vision to understanding how having two eyes helps us function in the natural environment.
authors.affiliation: Psychology Brain and Behaviour Group, Henry Wellcome Building, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE2 4HH, UK. j.harris@newcastle.ac.uk
authors.forename: Julie M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Harris
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001185:Artificial Intelligence; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D003867:Depth Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D005556:Form Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D009068:Movement / Q000502:physiology; D009799:Ocular Physiological Phenomena; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology*; D015348:Vision, Binocular / Q000502:physiology*