Polarisation vision: overcoming challenges of working with a property of light we barely see.

ABSTRACT: In recent years, the study of polarisation vision in animals has seen numerous breakthroughs, not just in terms of what is known about the function of this sensory ability, but also in the experimental methods by which polarisation can be controlled, presented and measured. Once thought to be limited to only a few animal species, polarisation sensitivity is now known to be widespread across many taxonomic groups, and advances in experimental techniques are, in part, responsible for these discoveries. Nevertheless, its study remains challenging, perhaps because of our own poor sensitivity to the polarisation of light, but equally as a result of the slow spread of new practices and methodological innovations within the field. In this review, we introduce the most important steps in designing

SUBMITTER: Foster JJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5871655 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature