Human perceptual decisions are often described as optimal. Critics of this view have argued
that claims of optimality are overly flexible and lack explanatory power. Meanwhile …

The fully updated eighth edition of Cognitive Psychology: A Student's Handbook provides
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The perception of depth from retinal images depends on information from multiple visual
cues. One potential depth cue is the statistical relationship between luminance and distance; …

New approaches to 3D vision are enabling new advances in artificial intelligence and
autonomous vehicles, a better understanding of how animals navigate the 3D world, and …

Pupil diameter changes have been shown to be indicative of user engagement and
cognitive load for various tasks and environments. However, it is still not the preferred …

The disagreements among commentators may appear substantial, but much of the debate
seems to stem from inconsistent use of the term optimality. Optimality can be used to indicate …

In the target article, Rahnev & Denison (R&D) use serial effects as an example of
suboptimality. We show here that serial effects can be beneficial to perception, serving to …

Using a novel approach to classification images (CIs), we investigated the visual expertise of
surveyors for luminance and binocular disparity cues simultaneously after screening for …

The spatial frequency (SF) content of an object's texture is an important cue for depth
perception, although less is known about the role of background texture. Here, we used …

Binocular disparity is an important cue to three-dimensional shape. We assessed the
contribution of this cue to the reliability and consistency of depth in stereoscopic …