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What effect does convergence
alone have in the perception of
distance and depth? The best
method of isolating this cue
is to hold accommodation
constant by using a mirror
stereoscope and then to vary
the degree of convergence. As
the illustration at left shows,
the researcher can vary the
angle of convergence merely
by changing the lateral position
of the cards on which the
"stereograms" appear. (In this
case, the "stereograms" are
identical pictures of a single
object or figure presented to
each eye, since we are not
interested in retinal disparity.)
Because only the angleΓÇöΓÇônot
the distanceΓÇöΓÇôat which the
cards are viewed changes, the
lenses remain the same shapeΓÇöΓÇô
that is, accommodation
remains unchanged. If the
figure is luminous and is
viewed in the dark, we would
then seem to have isolated
convergence as the only
varying factor.