Psychology GCSE
Binocular depth perception
What Binocular depth perception means in Psychology GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Binocular depth perception
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Depth cues that need two working eyes, because the eyes sit a few centimetres apart and send slightly different information to the brain, which combines it to judge distance.
Topics that use Binocular depth perception
- Perception (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Active construction of reality
- Ambiguity and illusory contours
- Ambiguity in perception
- Constructivist theory of perception
- Cues misapplied by the perceptual system
- Culture
- Detection versus interpretation
- Direct perception
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