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dc.contributor.advisorHarris, Julie
dc.contributor.authorGrafton, Catherine E.
dc.coverage.spatial362en_US
dc.date.accessioned2011-07-19T14:20:11Z
dc.date.available2011-07-19T14:20:11Z
dc.date.issued2011-06-22
dc.identifieruk.bl.ethos.552571
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/1922
dc.description.abstractThis thesis investigates the use of binocular information for motion-in-depth (MID) perception. There are at least two different types of binocular information available to the visual system from which to derive a perception of MID: changing disparity (CD) and inter-ocular velocity differences (IOVD). In the following experiments, we manipulate the availability of CD and IOVD information in order to assess the relative influence of each on MID judgements. In the first experiment, we assessed the relative effectiveness of CD and IOVD information for MID detection, and whether the two types of binocular information are processed by separate mechanisms with differing characteristics. Our results suggest that, both CD and IOVD information can be utilised for MID detection, yet, the relative dependence on either of these types of MID information varies between observers. We then went on to explore the contribution of CD and IOVD information to time-to-contact (TTC) perception, whereby an observer judges the time at which an approaching stimulus will contact them. We confirmed that the addition of congruent binocular information to looming stimuli can influence TTC judgements, but that there is no influence from binocular information indicating no motion. Further to this, we found that observers could utilise both CD and IOVD for TTC judgements, although once again, individual receptiveness to CD and/or IOVD information varied. Thus, we demonstrate that the human visual system is able to process both CD and IOVD information, but the influence of either (or both) of these cues on an individual’s perception has been shown to be mutually independent.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of St Andrews
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/
dc.subjectBinocular visionen_US
dc.subjectMotion-in-depthen_US
dc.subjectChanging disparityen_US
dc.subjectInter-ocular velocity differencesen_US
dc.subjectTime-to-contacten_US
dc.subjectVision scienceen_US
dc.subjectVisual perceptionen_US
dc.subject.lccBF245.G8
dc.subject.lcshMotion perception (Vision)en_US
dc.subject.lcshBinocular visionen_US
dc.titleBinocular vision and three-dimensional motion perception : the use of changing disparity and inter-ocular velocity differencesen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.contributor.sponsorEngineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)en_US
dc.type.qualificationlevelDoctoralen_US
dc.type.qualificationnamePhD Doctor of Philosophyen_US
dc.publisher.institutionThe University of St Andrewsen_US
dc.publisher.departmentSchool of Psychologyen_US


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