Visual Neuroscience: the brain's interest in natural flow.
Optic flow is a key signal for heading perception. A new study has shown that the human brain can dissociate between consistent (natural) and inconsistent flow, revealing what is likely a new hierarchy in visual motion processing.
Bremmer
Frank
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Department of Neurophysics, Philipps-University Marburg, D-35032 Marburg, Germany. frank.bremmer@physik.uni-marburg.de
D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D009039:Motion Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D010296:Parietal Lobe / Q000502:physiology*; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000502:physiology*