title: Electrophysiological evidence of separate pathways for the perception of depth and 3D objects.
abstract: Previous studies have investigated the neural mechanism of 3D perception, but the neural distinction between 3D-objects and depth processing remains unclear. In the present study, participants viewed three types of graphics (planar graphics, perspective drawings, and 3D objects) while event-related potentials (ERP) were recorded. The ERP results revealed the following: (1) 3D objects elicited a larger and delayed N1 component than the other two types of stimuli; (2) during the P2 time window, significant differences between 3D objects and the perspective drawings were found mainly over a group of electrode sites in the left lateral occipital region; and (3) during the N2 complex, differences between planar graphics and perspective drawings were found over a group of electrode sites in the right hemisphere, whereas differences between perspective drawings and 3D objects were observed at another group of electrode sites in the left hemisphere. These findings support the claim that depth processing and object identification might be processed by separate pathways and at different latencies.
authors.affiliation: Research Center of Brain and Cognitive Science, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116029, PR China.
authors.forename: Feng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.affiliation: Research Center of Brain and Cognitive Science, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116029, PR China.
authors.forename: Bihua
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.affiliation: School of Teacher Education, Chengdu University, Chengdu 610106, PR China.
authors.forename: Yunfei
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.affiliation: Research Center of Brain and Cognitive Science, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116029, PR China; School of Psychology, JiangXi Normal University, Nanchang 330022, PR China. Electronic address: lifh@foxmail.com.
authors.forename: Fuhong
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Research Center of Brain and Cognitive Science, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116029, PR China. Electronic address: lihongwrm@vip.sina.com.
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D001931:Brain Mapping; D003867:Depth Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005074:Evoked Potentials, Visual / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D005556:Form Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000502:physiology; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: 3D geometries; Depth processing; Event-related potential; N2 complex; Object identification