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Stereoscopic vision describes the ability to perceive three-dimensional information from visual inputs. This article provides an overview of the history of scientific discoveries about binocular stereoscopic depth and gives an insight into our current understanding of how the primary cue for stereoscopic depth perception, called binocular disparity, is processed in the primate brain.

Original publication

DOI

10.1016/B978-0-12-809324-5.02958-8

Type

Chapter

Book title

Reference Module in Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Psychology

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication Date

23/06/2017

Addresses

Andrew J Parker, University of Oxford, Physiology Anatomy and Genetics, Sherrington Building, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PT, United Kingdom