"X-ray vision" and the evolution of forward-facing eyes

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 254, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 756-767

  Changizi, Mark A ^a,b   Shimojo, Shinsuke ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Binocularity; Convergence; Evolution; Function; Optimality; Stereo

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EYE; MAMMAL; OPTIMIZATION; STEREO IMAGE; X-RAY;

ARTICLE; BINOCULAR CONVERGENCE; BINOCULAR VISION; BODY SIZE; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREORADIOGRAPHY; VISION; VISUAL ADAPTATION; X RAY;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; EYE; FACE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 52349115471     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2008.07.011     Document Type: Article

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