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  • Title: Brain activation difference evoked by different binocular disparities of stereograms: An fMRI study.
    Author: Wang F, Yang W, Zhang L, Gundran A, Zhu X, Liu J, Li X, Bao S, Gao S.
    Journal: Phys Med; 2016 Oct; 32(10):1308-1313. PubMed ID: 27453205.
    Abstract:
    The binocular disparity of two retina images is a main cue of stereoscopic vision. However, the global dependency between brain response and binocular disparity still remains unclear. Here, we used functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) to identify stereopsis-related brain regions with a modified Random Dot Stereogram (RDS) and plotted the activation variation curves under different disparity size. In order to eliminate the confounding shape difference between the stereogram and the plane, commonly seen in RDS, we modified the RDS to a checkerboard version. We found that V3A, V7 and MT+/V5 in dorsal visual stream were activated in stereoscopic experiment, while little activation was found in ventral visual regions. According to the activation trends, 13 subjects were divided into three groups: 5 subjects with turning points (a shift from increased to decreased activation), 5 subjects without turning points and 3 subjects with activation unrelated to disparity. We inferred that the dorsal visual stream primarily processes spatial depth information, rather than shape information.
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