Owl study expands understanding of human stereovision
Monday, July 11, 2011 - 16:30
in Psychology & Sociology
Using owls as a model, a new research study reveals the advantage of stereopsis, commonly referred to as stereovision, is its ability to discriminate between objects and background; not in perceiving absolute depth. The findings were published in a recent Journal of Vision article, Owls see in stereo much like humans do.