Talk Title:

The Origins of Stereoscopic Vision

Abstract:

Full stereoscopic vision entails seeing objects in depth using both eyes. This talk will review the emergence of different types of binocular vision in a variety of species. Redundancy reduction appears as an important principle that shapes the initial binocular representation of inputs from the two eyes. This first step provides advantages in visual processing above and beyond the simple reduction of noise by combining signals from the two eyes. In primates, the rest of binocular processing appears to be built on this platform.