A comparison of visual responses to object- and ego-motion in the macaque superior temporal polysensory area

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 341-345

  Hietanen, J K ^a,b   Perrett, D I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Psychology ^*  (Finland)

Author keywords

Macaque monkey; Object motion; Superior temporal polysensory area; Visual ego motion

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; MACACA; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; TEMPORAL LOBE; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0029866717     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00228108     Document Type: Article

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