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Depth perception involves
interpretation of visual cues that indicate how near or far away something
is.
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Two types of clues are
used to make judgments of distance, monocular cues (clues from a single eye)
and binocular cues (clues from both eyes together).
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The principal binocular
depth cue is retinal disparity– objects within 25 feet project images to
slightly different locations on the left and right retinas; thus each eye
sees a slightly different view of the object.
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Monocular cues may
involve feeling the accommodation or change in the shape of the lens as the
eye focuses.
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Other monocular cues are
pictorial depth cues– cues about distance that can be given in a flat
picture, visually depicted on the next slide.
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