If you look at your finger and close one eye at a time, your finger seems to jump back and forth because the different positions of stimuli on your retinas.If you look at a distant object, however, there is less jumping of the image because
A) there is less disparity in the positions of the image on the two retinas.
B) binocular cells adjust for the distance of the object.
C) the time it takes to perceive the distant object reduces the disparity between the position of the image on the two retinas.
D) binocular vision is useful only for near objects.
E) more binocular cells are stimulated.

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When looking at a distant object, the distance between the eyes and the object is much greater than when looking at a close object, resulting in less disparity (difference) between the locations of the object on each retina. Therefore, there is less jumping of the image when switching between eyes.

If You Look at Your Finger and Close One Eye