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The effects of binocular disparity (aniseikonia) and perspective cues operating together on judgments of depth and height were studied, both when these stimulus variables operated in the same direction and when they were in conflict. Both depth cues were effective upon the perception of depth and height. The effects of binocular disparity and perspective cues upon perceived depth were found to be additive. The effects of these depth cues upon perceived height showed some interaction in the sense that, operating together, the effect of the perspective cue was stronger than the separate effect of the perspective cue, both when binocular disparity and perspective cues operated in the same direction and when they were in conflict. This interactive effect increased with increasing strength of the perspective cues. The size-distance invariance hypothesis was confirmed under the present experimental conditions. By a causal analysis of inference, this invariant relation could be explained in the following way: both the perceived depth and the perceived height of the sides of the patterns were directly determined by binocular disparity and perspective cues, but the perceived height was also indirectly determined through change of perceived depth. A direct causal relation between perceived depth and perceived height was found.
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Meer, H. C. van der.Stereoscopic depth perception under conditions of vertical aniseikonia: The influence of some stimulus variables. Report No. 71-HB-72-Ex, University of Groningen, 1971.
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van der Meer, H.C. Interrelation of the effects of binocular disparity and perspective cues on judgments of depth and height. Perception & Psychophysics 26, 481–488 (1979). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03204288
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