Simultaneous density contrast and binocular integration

Journal of Vision
Hua-Chun SunFrederick A A Kingdom

Abstract

Most research on texture density has utilized textures rendered as two-dimensional (2D) planar surfaces, consistent with the conventional definition of density as the number of texture elements per unit area. How the brain represents texture density information in the three-dimensional (3D) world is not yet clear. Here we tested whether binocular information affects density processing using simultaneous density contrast (SDC), in which the perceived density of a texture region is changed by a surround of different density. We considered the effect on SDC of two types of binocular information: the stereoscopic depth relationships and the interocular relationships between the center and surround textures. Observers compared the perceived density of two random dot patterns, one with a surround (test stimulus) and one without (match), using a 2AFC staircase procedure. In Experiment 1 we manipulated the stereo-depth of the surround plane systematically from near to far, relative to the center plane. SDC was reduced when the difference in stereo-depth between test center and surround increased. In Experiment 2 we spread the surround dots randomly across a stereo-depth volume from small to large volume sizes, and found that SDC was sl...Continue Reading

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