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The Theory of Binocular Vision

Ewald Hering (1868)

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  • © 1977

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Editors:
  1. Bruce Bridgeman

    1. University of California, Santa Cruz, USA

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  2. Lawrence Stark

    1. University of California, Berkeley, USA

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Table of contents (30 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vi
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Bruce Bridgeman, Lawrence Stark
      Pages 1-13

  3. Translator’s Note

    1. Translator’s Note

      • Bruce Bridgeman, Lawrence Stark
      Pages 14-15

  4. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Bruce Bridgeman, Lawrence Stark
      Pages 16-16

  5. On the Bifixation of the Double Eye

    1. On the Equal Innervation of Both Eyes

      • Bruce Bridgeman, Lawrence Stark
      Pages 17-22

    2. Grounds For and Against the Assumption of an Always Equal Innervation of Both Eyes

      • Bruce Bridgeman, Lawrence Stark
      Pages 23-24

    3. Proofs for Equal Innervation with Unequal Lateral Movement

      • Bruce Bridgeman, Lawrence Stark
      Pages 25-31

    4. On the Artificial Upward or Downward Deviation of One Eye

      • Bruce Bridgeman, Lawrence Stark
      Pages 32-35

    5. Proof That the Compulsion to Equal Innervation of Both Eyes Is Inborn

      • Bruce Bridgeman, Lawrence Stark
      Pages 36-40

    6. On the Motives of Eye Movement

      • Bruce Bridgeman, Lawrence Stark
      Pages 41-45

    7. On the Innervation of the Double Eye

      • Bruce Bridgeman, Lawrence Stark
      Pages 46-49

    8. The Basic Law of Innervation and Muscle Action

      • Bruce Bridgeman, Lawrence Stark
      Pages 50-55

    9. Proofs for the Law of Innervation

      • Bruce Bridgeman, Lawrence Stark
      Pages 56-58

    10. Deviations from the Laws of Muscle Actions Described in Chapter 9

      • Bruce Bridgeman, Lawrence Stark
      Pages 59-61

    11. On the Fixation Space of the Double Eye

      • Bruce Bridgeman, Lawrence Stark
      Pages 62-73

  6. On the Orientation of the Double Eye

    1. Mechanical Prerequisites

      • Bruce Bridgeman, Lawrence Stark
      Pages 74-82

    2. The Law of Equal Retinal Position with Equal Fixation Position

      • Bruce Bridgeman, Lawrence Stark
      Pages 83-91

    3. The Law of Orientation with Parallel Lines of Sight

      • Bruce Bridgeman, Lawrence Stark
      Pages 92-103

    4. Determination of Retinal Position with Afterimages

      • Bruce Bridgeman, Lawrence Stark
      Pages 104-115

    5. Determination of Retinal Position with Binocular lmages

      • Bruce Bridgeman, Lawrence Stark
      Pages 116-126
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About this book

The Theory of Binocular Vision is a book about neurological control theory. In this sense it was far ahead of its time, for the formal development of control theory was many decades in the future when this book appeared in 1868. Hering's principal concept is that the control of eye movements is greatly simplified if there is only one neurological control system commanding the 'double-eye' as a single organ. This idea leads directly to the first thorough exposition of what is now known as Hering's law, that the corresponding muscles of the two eyes are always equally innervated. As Hering eloquently states it, "one and the same impulse of will directs both eyes simultaneously as one can direct a pair of horses with single reins" (Ch. 2). The 19th Century The book was written during an exciting era for physiological research. Before the mid-19th century the study of physiology had been limited to isolated efforts by great men who worked largely without colleagues or organized laboratories. Now for the first time of inquiry, with many sensory physiology was becoming a living field groups working simultaneously on fundamental problems. Like the classical Greeks before them in philosophy, the physiologists of the 19th century were defining in a burst of creative energy the problems 1 2 Introduction which would shape subsequent inquiry; and like the Greeks, they produced a splendid period of science.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of California, Santa Cruz, USA

    Bruce Bridgeman

  • University of California, Berkeley, USA

    Lawrence Stark

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Theory of Binocular Vision

  • Book Subtitle: Ewald Hering (1868)

  • Editors: Bruce Bridgeman, Lawrence Stark

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-4148-2

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Plenum Press, New York 1977

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-4150-5Published: 13 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4613-4148-2Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VI, 218

  • Topics: Ophthalmology

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