Spatial Vision in the Course of an Insect's Life

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-6

  Kral, Karl ^a,b  

^a Inst Zool an Karl Franzens Univ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Binocular vision; Evolution; Experience; Insect vision; Learning; Motion parallax; Postembryonic development; Praying mantis; Spatial vision

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MANTIS; MANTIS RELIGIOSA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; EVOLUTION; METAMORPHOSIS; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; ORIENTATION; ORTHOPTERA; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

ANIMALS; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; EVOLUTION; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTION PERCEPTION; ORIENTATION; ORTHOPTERA; PHYLOGENY; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISION DISPARITY;

EID: 0031987117     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000006547     Document Type: Article

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