Motion and vision: Why animals move their eyes

Journal of Comparative Physiology - A Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 185, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 341-352

  Land, M F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eye movement; Flow field; Insect; Vertebrate; Vision

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; EYE MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HYMENOPTERA; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA; REVIEW; ROTATION; VISION;

ANIMALS; EYE MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; HYMENOPTERA; MOTION PERCEPTION; RETINA; ROTATION; VISION;

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; HEXAPODA; HOPLOCARIDA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; MANTIS; MOLLUSCA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033213646     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050393     Document Type: Review

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