SAGE Journal Articles

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Dennis R. Proffitt 
Distance Perception 
Current Directions in Psychological Science June 2006 15: 131-135, doi:10.1111/j.0963-7214.2006.00422.x 
  • How does Proffitt describe the process of distance perception from the image to the human body?
  • What causes objects to appear farther away?
  • How might emotional and social factors influence distance perception?
 
Dhanraj Vishwanath and Paul B. Hibbard 
Seeing in 3-D With Just One Eye: Stereopsis Without Binocular Vision 
Psychological Science September 2013 24: 1673-1685, first published on July 26, 2013 doi:10.1177/0956797613477867 
  • What are the key differences between stereopsis and binocular depth perception? What is the binocular theory of stereopsis?
  • How does parallax affect vision and depth perception?
  • How did the results of the three experiments support the idea that stereopsis can be induced in the absence of binocular disparity or visual parallax?
  • How would you describe monocular stereopsis?
 
Stephen E. Palmer and Tandra Ghose 
Psychological Science, January 2008; vol. 19, 1: pp. 77-83.
  • What are the different components of extremal edge (EE) perception?
  • How are EE’s related to depth perception?
  • What kind of biases may confound EE perception?
  • What is a gradient cut and how does it play a part in EE perception?