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Scaling techniques were employed to establish the relation between perceived distance ratio and physical distance ratio. Measurements were made both with and without free eye movement and under two states of convergence. The results were confirmed using a matching technique. With free eye movement, the perceived ratio is a monotonic increasing function of the physical ratio. Without eye movement, the perceived ratio generally increases, then decreases, as the physical ratio increases. For a given physical ratio, perceived distance ratio is less in the absence of voluntary eye movements. Convergence produces depth micropsia when eye movements are permitted, but not in their absence.
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The research was supported by the U.S. Air Force under Contract AFOSR-F44620-69-C-0l08 to W. A. Richards, with supplemental funding from NIMH and NASA under Grants MH 05673 and NaG 496 to H.-L. Teuber.
Supported by U.S. Public Health Service Research Fellowship EY 43979 and Grant EY00666 from the National Eye Institute.
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Foley, J.M., Richards, W. Effects of voluntary eye movement and convergence on the binocular appreciation of depth. Perception & Psychophysics 11, 423–427 (1972). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03206284
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