What are the perceptual consequences of this rotation of Listing's plane?

When Listing's plane stays fixed, horizontal lines at the center of the eye, the fovea, are not parallel to the eye's horizontal .

The rotation of the image in the other eye is the opposite.

Thus one would observe a torsional disparity

When Listing's plane rotates temporally by as much as the eyes converge, horizontal lines at the center of the eye, the fovea, stay parallel to the eye's horizontal.


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