DEVELOPMENT OF VISUALLY GUIDED BEHAVIOR REQUIRES ORIENTED CONTOURS

被引:1
作者
BRENNER, E [1 ]
CORNELISSEN, FW [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV GRONINGEN,DEPT OPHTALMOL,9700 AB GRONINGEN,NETHERLANDS
关键词
DEVELOPMENT; VISUALLY GUIDED BEHAVIOR; OPTIC FLOW; VISUAL CORTEX; MOTION; ORIENTATION; KITTEN;
D O I
10.1016/0304-3940(92)90142-T
中图分类号
Q189 [神经科学];
学科分类号
071006 ;
摘要
Kittens do not learn to use visual information to guide their behaviour if they are deprived of the optic flow that accompanies their own movements. We show that the optic flow that is required for developing visually guided behaviour is derived from changes in contour orientations, rather than from velocity patterns. We used several tests to assess visually guided behaviour. The performance of kittens that had only been allowed to see isolated dots of light was indistinguishable from that of kittens that had received no visual exposure at all. Kittens that had seen streaks of light performed better on several tasks. We discuss this finding with relation to the visual pathways that are presumably involved.
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页码:87 / 90
页数:4
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