It might appear to the casual observer that the movement of retinal images should hinder vision, because it denies the system the time it needs to recognize images; images must be recognized before they move to some new set of cells.
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Legéndy, C.R. (2009). Why Is the Drifting Retinal Image Helpful in Perception?. In: Circuits in the Brain. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-88849-1_17
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