Visual modulation of air righting by rats involves calculation of time-to-impact, but does not require the detection of the looming stimulus of the approaching ground

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 74, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 207-211

  Pellis, Sergio M ^a   Pellis, Vivien C ^a   Whishaw, Ian Q ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air righting reflex; Looming stimulus; Rat; Superior colliculus; Time to impact; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0030021696     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-4328(95)00160-3     Document Type: Article

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