The amount of depth seen in a random-line stereogram steadily diminishes as corresponding lines in the two fields of view are made increasingly dissimilar in shape. This depth reduction effect is more acute in high- than in low-density stereograms. Both of these results can be explained in terms of the magnetic dipole model of stereopsis.
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