Development of Global Motion Perception Requires Early Postnatal Exposure to Patterned Light

Current Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 645-649

  Mitchell, Donald E ^a   Kennie, Jan ^a   Kung, Diane ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

SYSNEURO

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; CAT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NEWBORN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CATS; HUMANS; LIGHT; MOTION PERCEPTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 65049087266     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.02.038     Document Type: Article

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