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What, then, can we conclude
about the origins of depth
perception? We appear to be
born with the axiomatic
ΓÇ£assumptionΓÇ¥ that we are
localized within a three-
dimensional spatial world.
From the very outset, we
perceive things as distant from
ourselves, and from each other,
their precise location in the
third dimension being based on
certain innately given cues.
But we learn to use additional
cues and learn to interpret
given cues with greater
precision after birth. This point
of view, while it acknowledges
the importance of learning,
avoids the dilemma of
explaining how depth
perception could arise in the
first place if it were entirely a
matter of learning. Moreover, it
explains how some cues to
depth could be acquired: by a
process of association with
certain innate cues.