Eye-specific detection and a multi-eye integration model of biological motion perception.

ABSTRACT: 'Biological motion' refers to the distinctive kinematics observed in many living organisms, where visually perceivable points on the animal move at fixed distances from each other. Across the animal kingdom, many species have developed specialized visual circuitry to recognize such biological motion and to discriminate it from other patterns. Recently, this ability has been observed in the distributed visual system of jumping spiders. These eight-eyed animals use six eyes to perceive motion, while the remaining two (the principal anterior medial eyes) are shifted across the visual scene to further inspect detected objects. When presented with a biologically moving stimulus and a random one, jumping spiders turn to face the latter, clearly demonstrating the ability to discriminate between t

SUBMITTER: De Agro M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11418026 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature