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Stereopsis and stereoblindness

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Psychophysical tests reveal three classes of wide-field disparity detectors in man, responding respectively to crossed (near), uncrossed (far), and zero disparities. The probability of lacking one of these classes of detectors is about 30% which means that 2.7% of the population possess no wide-field stereopsis in one hemisphere. This small percentage corresponds to the probability of squint among adults, suggesting that fusional mechanisms might be disrupted when stereopsis is absent in one hemisphere.

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Richards, W. Stereopsis and stereoblindness. Exp Brain Res 10, 380–388 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02324765

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