Leopard frogs move their heads, but not their eyes: Implications for perception of stationary objects

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 502, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 61-64

  Skorina, Laura ^a   Kazaure, Hadiza ^a,b   Gruberg, Edward ^a  

^a Temple University   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Buccal breathing; Eye movements; Head movements; Leopard frog; Retinal image motion; Stationary objects

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREATHING; DISSECTION; EYE MOVEMENT; EYE TRACKING; FROG; HEAD MOVEMENT; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; VISION;

ANIMALS; HEAD; MOTION PERCEPTION; MOVEMENT; RANA PIPIENS; RESPIRATORY RATE;

EID: 80051800722     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2011.07.025     Document Type: Article

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