scholarly journals Does Binocular Disparity Facilitate the Detection of Transparent Motion?

Perception ◽  
10.1068/p2742 ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 183-191 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul B Hibbard ◽  
Mark F Bradshaw
Keyword(s):  
Binocular Disparity ◽  
Transparent Motion

A Transparent Motion Aftereffect Contingent on Binocular Disparity

Perception ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 23 (10) ◽  
pp. 1181-1188 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frans A J Verstraten ◽  
Reinder Verlinde ◽  
R Eric Fredericksen ◽  
Wim A van de Grind
Keyword(s):  
Binocular Disparity ◽  
Motion Aftereffect ◽  
Stimulus Configuration ◽  
Retinal Disparity ◽  
Transparent Motion ◽  
Stationary Test ◽  
Vector Sum ◽  
Moving Patterns

Under transparent motion conditions overlapping surfaces are perceived simultaneously, each with its own direction. The motion aftereffect (MAE) of transparent motion, however, is unidirectional and its direction is opposite to that of a sensitivity-weighted vector sum of both inducing vectors. Here we report a bidirectional and transparent MAE contingent on binocular disparity. Depth (from retinal disparity) was introduced between two patterns. A fixation dot was presented at zero disparity, that is, located between the two adaptation patterns. After adaptation to such a stimulus configuration testing was carried out with two stationary test patterns at the same depths as the preceding moving patterns. For opposite directions a clear transparent MAE was perceived. However, if the adaptation directions were orthogonal the chance of a transparent MAE being perceived decreased substantially. This was subject dependent. Some subjects perceived an orthogonal transparent MAE whereas others saw the negative vector sum—an integrated MAE. In addition the behaviour of the MAE when the distance in depth between adapting and test patterns was increased was investigated: it was found that the visibility of the MAE then decreased. Visibility is defined in this paper as: (i) the percentage of the trials in which MAEs are perceived and (ii) the average MAE duration. Both measures decreased with increasing distance. The results suggest that segregation and integration may be mediated by direction-tuned channels that interact with disparity-tuned channels.

scholarly journals Pushing the limits of transparent-motion detection with binocular disparity

2006 ◽  
Vol 46 (16) ◽  
pp. 2615-2624 ◽  
Author(s):  
John A. Greenwood ◽  
Mark Edwards
Keyword(s):  
Motion Detection ◽  
Binocular Disparity ◽  
Transparent Motion

Sensory suppression during shifts of attention between surfaces in transparent motion

2006 ◽  
Vol 1072 (1) ◽  
pp. 110-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valia Rodríguez ◽  
Mitchell Valdés-Sosa
Keyword(s):  
Sensory Suppression ◽  
Transparent Motion

The early attentional pancake: Lack of selection in depth for rapid exogenous cueing

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryan Edward O'Donnell ◽  
Kyrie Murawski ◽  
Ella Herrmann ◽  
Jesse Wisch ◽  
Garrett D. Sullivan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Reaction Time ◽  
Binocular Disparity ◽  
Dimensional Space ◽  
Exogenous Attention ◽  
3 Dimensional ◽  
Exogenous Cueing ◽  
Different Depths ◽  
Depth Cueing ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Attentional Selectivity

There have been conflicting findings on the degree to which exogenous/reflexive visual attention is selective for depth, and this issue has important implications for attention models. Previous findings have attempted to find depth-based cueing effects on such attention using reaction time measures for stimuli presented in stereo goggles with a display screen. Results stemming from such approaches have been mixed, depending on whether target/distractor discrimination was required. To help clarify the existence of such depth effects, we have developed a paradigm that measures accuracy rather than reaction time in an immersive virtual-reality environment, providing a more appropriate context of depth. Four modified Posner Cueing paradigms were run to test for depth-specific attentional selectivity. Participants fixated a cross while attempting to identify a rapidly masked letter that was preceded by a cue that could be valid in depth and side, depth only, or side only. In Experiment 1, a potent cueing effect was found for side validity and a weak effect was found for depth. Experiment 2 controlled for differences in cue and target sizes when presented at different depths, which caused the depth validity effect to disappear entirely even though participants were explicitly asked to report depth and the difference in virtual depth was extreme (20 vs 300 meters). Experiments 3a and 3b brought the front depth plane even closer (1 m) to maximize effects of binocular disparity, but no reliable depth cueing validity was observed. Thus, it seems that rapid/exogenous attention pancakes 3-dimensional space into a 2-dimensional reference frame.

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