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The integration of motion and disparity cues to depth in dorsal visual cortex.

ABSTRACT: Humans exploit a range of visual depth cues to estimate three-dimensional structure. For example, the slant of a nearby tabletop can be judged by combining information from binocular disparity, texture and perspective. Behavioral tests show humans combine cues near-optimally, a feat that could depend on discriminating the outputs from cue-specific mechanisms or on fusing signals into a common representation. Although fusion is computationally attractive, it poses a substantial challenge, requiring the integration of quantitatively different signals. We used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to provide evidence that dorsal visual area V3B/KO meets this challenge. Specifically, we found that fMRI responses are more discriminable when two cues (binocular disparity and relative motion) concurrently signal depth, and that information provided by one cue is diagnostic of depth indicated by the other. This suggests a cortical node important when perceiving depth, and highlights computations based on fusion in the dorsal stream.

SUBMITTER: Ban H

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3378632 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The integration of motion and disparity cues to depth in dorsal visual cortex.

Ban Hiroshi H Preston Tim J TJ Meeson Alan A Welchman Andrew E AE

Nature neuroscience 20120212 4

Humans exploit a range of visual depth cues to estimate three-dimensional structure. For example, the slant of a nearby tabletop can be judged by combining information from binocular disparity, texture and perspective. Behavioral tests show humans combine cues near-optimally, a feat that could depend on discriminating the outputs from cue-specific mechanisms or on fusing signals into a common representation. Although fusion is computationally attractive, it poses a substantial challenge, requiri ...[more]

PMID: 22327475

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The integration of motion and disparity cues to depth in dorsal visual cortex.

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The integration of motion and disparity cues to depth in dorsal visual cortex.

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