Optic flow: A brain region devoted to optic flow analysis?
The visual motion - or optic flow - that results from an observer's own movement can indicate the direction of heading through the environment. Recent experiments have strengthened the argument that neurons in a specialized region of the cerebral cortex are critical for the analysis of this important class of visual stimuli.
Laboratory of Sensorimotor Research National Eye Institute National Institutes of Health Bethesda, Maryland, 20892-4435, USA.
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