Motion psychophysics: 1985-2010.
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This review traces progress made in the field of visual motion research from 1985 through to 2010. While it is certainly not exhaustive, it attempts to cover most of the major achievements during that period, and speculate on where the field is heading.
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Visual information at this early stage of vertebrate evolution would have been mapped topographically to the midbrain tectum, and then accessed to monitor changes in surroundings due to own movements, conspecifics, and moving targets.
“Visual information at this early stage of vertebrate evolution would have been mapped topographically to the midbrain tectum, and then accessed to monitor changes in the animal’s surroundings due to its own movements, the motion of nearby conspecifics, and of moving targets that might be food items (Burr and Thompson, 2011).”
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Lacalli, T. (2026) · Frontiers in Psychology · doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1829430
- Authors
- Burr, D., & Thompson, P.
- Affiliations
- Neuroscience Institute (IT)
- University of York (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Burr, David
- Venue
- Vision Research
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2011-07
- Volume
- 51
- Issue
- 13
- Pages
- 1431-1456
- ISSN
- 0042-6989 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2149068127
- Cited by
- 178
- References
- 9
- Citations by year
- 2026: 6 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 11 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 12 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 14 · 2018: 19 · 2017: 10 · 2016: 15 · 2015: 8 · 2014: 18 · 2013: 14 · 2012: 20
- FWCI
- 1.65
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Vision Research (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Florence Research (University of Florence) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Visual perception and processing mechanisms
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Motor Control and Adaptation
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition › Advanced Vision and Imaging
- Keywords
- visual motion perception, motion detection
- MeSH terms
- Fixation, Ocular, Humans, Motion Perception, Photic Stimulation, Psychophysics, Retina, Biomedical Research, History, 20th Century, History, 21st Century
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