Nature Communications (Aug 2018)

Revisiting the functional significance of binocular cues for perceiving motion-in-depth

  • Peter J. Kohler,
  • Wesley J. Meredith,
  • Anthony M. Norcia

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05918-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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The presence of opposite horizontal motion in the two eyes is a cue for perceiving motion-in-depth, but also leads to suppressed motion sensitivity. Here, the authors address this paradox and show that spatial and interocular integration mechanisms, distinct from the extraction of motion-in-depth, drive suppression.