New findings apparently refute Hering's Law which holds that the eye movements of primates are yoked—that is, the two eyes are controlled as if they are one. On closer inspection they may prove to be compatible with it.
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Mays, L. Has Hering been hooked?. Nat Med 4, 889–890 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm0898-889
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