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Visual Structures and Integrated Functions

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  • © 1991

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Editors:
  1. Michael A. Arbib

    1. Center for Neural Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA

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  2. Jörg-Peter Ewert

    1. Universität Kassel, GhK FB 19 — Abt. Neurobiologie, Kassel, Germany

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Part of the book series: Research Notes in Neural Computing (NEURALCOMPUTING, volume 3)

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Table of contents (28 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XII
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  3. From the Retina to the Brain

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 57-57
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    2. A computer model to visualize change sensitive responses in the salamander retina

      • Jeffrey L. Teeters, Frank H. Eeckman, Frank S. Werblin
      Pages 59-73

    3. Properties of Retinal and Retino-tecto-isthmo-tectal Units in Frogs

      • Frédéric Gaillard, René Garcia
      Pages 75-94

    4. Distributed Processing in Vestibulo-Ocular and Other Oculomotor Subsystems in Monkeys and Cats

      • Thomas J. Anastasio
      Pages 95-109

    5. Optic Chiasm Hemisection and the Parsing of Visual Information in Frogs

      • Robert F. Waldeck, Edward R. Gruberg
      Pages 111-122

  4. Approach and Avoidance

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 123-123
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    2. Directed Movement in the Frog: A Closer Look at a Central Representation of Spatial Location

      • Paul Grobstein
      Pages 125-138

    3. Prey-catching and predator avoidance 1: Maps and Schemas

      • Michael Arbib, Alberto Cobas
      Pages 139-152

    4. Prey-catching and predator avoidance 2: Modeling the medullary hemifield deficit

      • Alberto Cobas, Michael Arbib
      Pages 153-166

    5. A Neural Network Model for Response to Looming Objects by Frog and Toad

      • Jim-Shih Liaw, Michael A. Arbib
      Pages 167-180

    6. Control of Frog Evasive Direction: Triggering and Biasing Systems

      • David Ingle
      Pages 181-189

    7. Approach and Avoidance Systems in the Rat

      • Paul Dean, Peter Redgrave
      Pages 191-204

    8. Computation of Absolute Distance in the Mongolian Gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus): Depth Algorithms and Neural Substrates

      • Colin G. Ellard, Melvyn A. Goodale
      Pages 205-219

  5. Generating Motor Trajectories

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 221-221
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    2. Equilibrium point mechanisms in the spinal frog

      • Simon Giszter, Ferdinando A. Mussa-lvaldi, Emilio Bizzi
      Pages 223-237

    3. Actuator and Kinematic Redundancy in Biological Motor Control

      • Reza Shadmehr
      Pages 239-254
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This volume integrates theory and experiment to place the study of vision within the context of the action systems which use visual information. This theme is developed by stressing: (a) The importance of situating anyone part of the brain in the context of its interactions with other parts of the brain in subserving animal behavior. The title of this volume emphasizes that visual function is to be be viewed in the context of the integrated functions of the organism. (b) Both the intrinsic interest of frog and toad as animals in which to study the neural mechanisms of visuomotor coordination, and the importance of comparative studies with other organisms so that we may learn from an analysis of both similarities and differences. The present volume thus supplements our studies of frog and toad with papers on salamander, bird and reptile, turtle, rat, gerbil, rabbit, and monkey. (c) Perhaps most distinctively, the interaction between theory and experiment.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Center for Neural Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA

    Michael A. Arbib

  • Universität Kassel, GhK FB 19 — Abt. Neurobiologie, Kassel, Germany

    Jörg-Peter Ewert

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