title: The visual acuity of the lynx.
abstract: Visual evoked potentials were recorded from the occipital scalp of two anaesthetized Lynx (Lynx europea) in response to alternating gratings of various spatial frequencies and contrasts. The visual acuity of the Lynx was found to be around 5-6 c/deg, i.e. very close to the visual acuity of the cat and by far inferior to human acuity.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Neurofisiologia del CNR and Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, Italy.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Maffei
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fiorentini
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bisti
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002335:Carnivora / Q000502:physiology*; D015350:Contrast Sensitivity / Q000502:physiology; D005074:Evoked Potentials, Visual / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual / Q000502:physiology; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000502:physiology*