The subjective visual vertical in a nonhuman primate

Journal of Vision

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Daddaoua, Nabil ^a   Dicke, Peter W ^a   Thier, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

E effect; Rhesus monkey; Subjective visual vertical

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HEAD MOVEMENT; MACACA; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; ROTATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; HEAD MOVEMENTS; MACACA MULATTA; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; ORIENTATION; ROTATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 41049088002     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/8.3.19     Document Type: Article

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