Reliability and consistency affect the integration of visual depth cues [Elektronische Ressource] / von Matthias Gamer

Reliability and Consistency Affect the Integration of Visual Depth Cues Inauguraldissertation zur Erlangung des Akademischen Grades eines Dr. phil., vorgelegt dem Fachbereich 02 – Sozialwissenschaften, Medien und Sport der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz von Matthias Gamer aus Alfeld/Leine Mainz 2008 Tag des Prüfungskolloquiums: 4. August 2008 CONTENTS I Contents 1. Abstract ........................................................................................ 1 2. Introduction ................................................................................. 32.1 Why sensory integration? .............................................................. 32.1.1 Intersensory perceptual phenomena .............................................. 42.1.2 Intrasensory integration in visual depth perception ...................... 52.2 Cue combination models ............................................................... 62.2.1 Strong fusion ................................................................................. 72.2.2 Weak .................................................................................. 82.2.3 Modified weak fusion ................................................................... 92.3 Bayesian models of cue integration .............................................. 102.4 The simple Maximum Likelihood Estimation (MLE) model .......