Vision: Two Speeds in the Retina
- PMID: 28441563
- DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.02.056
Vision: Two Speeds in the Retina
Abstract
The central (foveal) retina takes about 30 milliseconds longer to signal to the brain than the peripheral retina. In the natural world, a 30 millisecond delay could have real consequences. Why did evolution do it this way?
Copyright © 2017. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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Cellular and Circuit Mechanisms Shaping the Perceptual Properties of the Primate Fovea.Cell. 2017 Jan 26;168(3):413-426.e12. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2017.01.005. Cell. 2017. PMID: 28129540 Free PMC article.
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