Volume 5, Number 1, Article 7, Pages 71-80 doi:10.1167/5.1.7 http://journalofvision.org/5/1/7/ ISSN 1534-7362
Stereo-slant adaptation is high level and does not involve disparity coding
Ellen M. Berends
Helmholtz Institute, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Baoxia Liu
Vision Science Group, School of Optometry, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
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Clifton M. Schor
Vision Science Group, School of Optometry, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
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Abstract

We have investigated the potential stages of visual processing at which adaptation may occur to a slanted surface produced by horizontal magnification. Predictions of three hypotheses were tested utilizing a property of depth from binocular disparity, namely that slant scales with distance. If adaptation occurs at the disparity level, then the after-effect expressed in units of horizontal magnification will be independent of the test distance. If adaptation occurs at either a perceived slant or mapping level, then the after-effect, expressed in units of slant, will be independent of the test distance. If adaptation is contingent on distance, then the after-effect will not transfer over distance. Subjects adapted to a stereo-defined slanted surface at a distance of 57 cm. The after-effect was measured with a test stimulus at a distance of 28, 57, 85, or 114 cm by means of a nulling method. When the after-effect was expressed in units of slant, we found that it was larger at the adapting distance than other test distances, and that the after-effect was constant at test distances different from the adaptation distance. These results suggest that two types of adaptation occurred, namely adaptation on a mapping/perception level and adaptation contingent on distance.

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Received May 21, 2004; published February 7, 2005
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Berends, E. M., Liu, B., & Schor, C. M. (2005). Stereo-slant adaptation is high level and does not involve disparity coding. Journal of Vision, 5(1):7, 71-80, http://journalofvision.org/5/1/7/, doi:10.1167/5.1.7.
Keywords
binocular vision, stereopsis, adaptation, after-effects, stereo-slant, disparity, HSR
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