on the contribution of binocular disparity to the long-term memory for natural scenes在双眼差异的贡献自然场景的长期记忆.pdfVIP

On the Contribution of Binocular Disparity to the Long- Term Memory for Natural Scenes Matteo Valsecchi*, Karl R. Gegenfurtner ¨ Abteilung Allgemeine Psychologie, Justus-Liebig-Universitat, Giessen, Germany Abstract Binocular disparity is a fundamental dimension defining the input we receive from the visual world, along with luminance and chromaticity. In a memory task involving images of natural scenes we investigate whether binocular disparity enhances long-term visual memory. We found that forest images studied in the presence of disparity for relatively long times (7s) were remembered better as compared to 2D presentation. This enhancement was not evident for other categories of pictures, such as images containing cars and houses, which are mostly identified by the presence of distinctive artifacts rather than by their spatial layout. Evidence from a further experiment indicates that observers do not retain a trace of stereo presentation in long-term memory. Citation: Valsecchi M, Gegenfurtner KR (2012) On the Contribution of Binocular Disparity to the Long-Term Memory for Natural Scenes. PLoS ONE 7(11): e49947. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0049947 Editor: Chris I. Baker, National Institute of Mental Health, United States of America Received January 10, 2012; Accepted October 19, 2012; Published November 15, 2012 Copyright: 2012 Valsecchi, Gegenfurtner. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Funding: This study was funded by a Humboldt Research fellowship awarded to MV. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manus