Dynamic random dot stereograms consisting of square, crossed disparities subtending 3 degrees, exposure duration 100 ms, were presented in the midplane centrally (surrounding the fixation point) and in the upper and lower fields at 3.5 degrees vertical displacement from fixation. Stereoscopic cerebral evoked potentials (EPs) recorded from scalp sites 02, 01, T6 and T5 (10-20 system) were analyzed in a group of normal young adults (N = 28). Fourteen were able to perceive and report the stereophenomenon (perceivers); the other half were unable to do so (nonperceivers). Mean response amplitudes were significantly larger to center field stimuli than to those in the upper field. Responses were larger in perceivers than nonperceivers, maximal at T5, and larger to stimuli with definite than indefinite boundaries. Peak EP latencies were shortest to lower field stimuli (243 ms) but not significantly different than to center (247 ms) or upper (253 ms) field stimuli. A separate experiment comparing EP amplitudes and latencies with crossed and uncrossed disparities of varying magnitudes confirmed greater responses to the crossed.
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