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Both the image size of a familiar object and linear perspective operate as distance cues in stereoscopic depth constancy. This was shown by separating their effects from the effect of the oculomotor cues by creating cue conflicts between either the familiar size cue or linear perspective, on the one hand, and accommodation and convergence, on the other. In the case of familiarsize, this cue was used deceptively. In the case of linear perspective, spectacles caused nonveridical oculomotor adjustments.
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This work was supported by Grant BNS75-19095 A01 from the NationalScience Foundation to Swarthmore College, Hans Wallach, principal investigator.
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O’leary, A., Wallach, H. Familiar size and linear perspective as distance cues in stereoscopic depth constancy. Perception & Psychophysics 27, 131–135 (1980). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03204300
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