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When people get new glasses, they often experience distortions in the apparent three-dimensional layout of the environment; the distortions fade away in a week or so. Here we asked observers to wear a horizontal magnifier in front of one eye for several days, causing them to initially perceive large three-dimensional distortions. We found that adaptation to the magnifier was not caused by changes in the weights given to disparity and texture, or by monocular adaptation, but rather by a change in the mapping between retinal disparity and perceived slant.
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Supported by NSF (DBS-9309820), AFOSR (93NL366), NIH (T32 EY07043-21), and Royal Netherlands Academy. We thank M. Landy for discussions, G. Lee for advice on lens manufacturing, and all participants.
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Adams, W., Banks, M. & van Ee, R. Adaptation to three-dimensional distortions in human vision. Nat Neurosci 4, 1063–1064 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/nn729
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