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Claparède (1904) on Monocular Stereopsis: History, Theory, and Translation
1Murdoch University, Perth, Australia; Discipline of Psychology, School of Health and Human Sciences, Southern Cross University, Coffs Harbour, Australia.
I-Perception
|October 5, 2017
Abstract:
Astoundingly, looking at a photograph with one eye can yield an experience of depth of the depicted objects similar to that from viewing the real objects with both eyes. Édouard Claparède (1873-1940) was one of the first to report this phenomenon in a French paper published in 1904. I give some historical and theoretical context to the phenomenon, provide some biographical information about Claparède, and provide a translation into English of Claparède's paper.