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Monocular preferences in binocular viewing.

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Purves, D; White, LE
Published in: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
August 30, 1994

Faced with an unobstructed view, both foveas can be readily aligned with a distant visual target. The minor difference in the view of the two eyes (which arises from slightly different lines of sight) presents no special problem and is, indeed, the basis of stereopsis. However, when obstructing objects are present in the foreground, the view provided by one eye becomes wholly or partially incompatible with the view of the other. We have investigated how we cope with this everyday situation by having volunteers observe distant targets through a fenestrated screen. In this circumstance, subjects naturally position themselves to view a target of interest with one eye--usually the right eye. This monocular habit in normal viewing reinforces other evidence for the unorthodox idea that visual perception arises from a union in consciousness of monocular images that are elaborated independently.

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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A

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0027-8424

Publication Date

August 30, 1994

Volume

91

Issue

18

Start / End Page

8339 / 8342

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Visual Perception
  • Vision, Binocular
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Functional Laterality
  • Female
 

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Purves, D., & White, L. E. (1994). Monocular preferences in binocular viewing. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 91(18), 8339–8342. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.91.18.8339
Purves, D., and L. E. White. “Monocular preferences in binocular viewing.Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 91, no. 18 (August 30, 1994): 8339–42. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.91.18.8339.
Purves D, White LE. Monocular preferences in binocular viewing. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1994 Aug 30;91(18):8339–42.
Purves, D., and L. E. White. “Monocular preferences in binocular viewing.Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, vol. 91, no. 18, Aug. 1994, pp. 8339–42. Pubmed, doi:10.1073/pnas.91.18.8339.
Purves D, White LE. Monocular preferences in binocular viewing. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1994 Aug 30;91(18):8339–8342.
Journal cover image

Published In

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A

DOI

ISSN

0027-8424

Publication Date

August 30, 1994

Volume

91

Issue

18

Start / End Page

8339 / 8342

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Visual Perception
  • Vision, Binocular
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Functional Laterality
  • Female