Visual perception of motion in a hunting spider

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 2819-2823

  Neuhofer, Daniela ^a   Machan, Rudi ^a   Schmid, Axel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cupiennius salei; Electromyogram; Eye movement; Motion vision; Telemetry

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EYE; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SPIDER; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; EYE; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; OCULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SPIDERS;

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; CUPIENNIUS SALEI;

EID: 70349255677     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.027136     Document Type: Article

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