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A. Stereogram in which retinal
disparity and interposition
both indicate that the vertical
bar is in front of the horizontal
bar (solution C.) B. Stereogram
in which disparity indicates
that the vertical bar is in front
whereas interposition
indicates that the horizontal
bar is in front. Interposition
usually dominates, but other
perceptual solutions are
possible, such as seeing two
unconnected vertical segments
floating in front of the
horizontal bar (D) or seeing the
horizontal bar curved around
in depth (E.)
In stereogram A shown at left,
retinal disparity leads to the
perception of a vertical bar in
front of a horizontal bar, as
does the interposition pattern.
But suppose instead the overlap
pattern leads to the impression
that the horizontal bar is
closer, even though disparity
alone would lead to the opposite
effect. In such situations,
interposition, a mere pictorial
cue, usually dominates
stereopsis, considered by many
to be the physiological cue par
excellence, probably innately
determined and present in
many animal species. (Of course
there are individual
differences in the way such
cue-conflict experiments are
resolved, so that some
observers may see an
incomplete, broken vertical bar
in front in the figure.)