The Role of Vision in the Origin and Evolution of Primates

Evolution of Nervous Systems

Volumn 4, Issue , 2007, Pages 59-78

  Ross, C F ^a   Martin, R D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticospinal tract; Evolution; Eye; Eye hand coordination; Locomotion; Motor control; Neocortex; Orbit orientation; Primate origins; Sensory systems; Vision

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846909657     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B0-12-370878-8/00001-X     Document Type: Chapter

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