title: The integration of disparity, shading and motion parallax cues for depth perception in humans and monkeys.
abstract: A visual stimulus display was created that enabled us to examine how effectively the three depth cues of disparity, motion parallax and shading can be integrated in humans and monkeys. The display was designed to allow us to present these three depth cues separately and in various combinations. Depth was processed most effectively and most rapidly when all three cues were presented together indicating that these separate cues are integrated at yet unknown sites in the brain. Testing in humans and monkeys yielded similar results suggesting that monkeys are a good animal model for the study of the underlying neural mechanisms of depth perception.
authors.affiliation: Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. phschill@mit.edu
authors.forename: Peter H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Schiller
authors.forename: Warren M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Slocum
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jao
authors.forename: Veronica S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Weiner
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015350:Contrast Sensitivity / Q000502:physiology*; D003463:Cues; D003867:Depth Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008253:Macaca mulatta; D008297:Male; D009039:Motion Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D015357:Vision Disparity / Q000502:physiology*; D015348:Vision, Binocular / Q000502:physiology*