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Science 12 May 1989:
Vol. 244. no. 4905, pp. 716 - 718
DOI: 10.1126/science.2717948
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Science, Vol 244, Issue 4905, 716-718
Copyright © 1989 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Neural integration of information specifying structure from stereopsis and motion

M Nawrot and R Blake

Department of Psychology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37240.

When one views a two-dimensional parallel projection of dots on the surface of a rotating globe, the direction of rotation is ambiguous, and the perceived direction of rotation of the two-dimensional figure is unstable over time. Stability can be temporarily induced by adaptation to a three-dimensional globe with a direction of rotation unambiguously specified by stereo disparity; adaptation causes the two-dimensional figure to appear to rotate in the direction opposite that experienced during stereoscopic adaptation. This adaptation effect is selective for axis of rotation but is not shape-specific. It does depend on simultaneous stimulation by multiple depth planes defined by elements moving in different directions. Evidently information about stereopsis and information about structure from motion are integrated within a common neural site in the brain.


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