The naturally occurring accommodative response of the oscar, Astronotus ocellatus, to visual stimuli

Vision Research

Volumn 36, Issue 19, 1996, Pages 3021-3027

  Andison, Margot E ^a   Sivak, Jacob G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accommodation; Response; Stimulus; Teleost

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION; ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FISH; LENS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELEOST; VIDEORECORDING; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0030271927     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0042-6989(96)00048-X     Document Type: Article

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