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Leopard frogs move their heads, but not their eyes: implications for perception of stationary objects.

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Skorina, L; Kazaure, H; Gruberg, E

Published in: Neurosci Lett

September 8, 2011

Movement of an image on the retina is necessary for the persistence of vision in vertebrates. Leopard frogs (Rana pipiens) do not show any obvious independent eye movements that could sustain perception of stationary objects when the animal itself is stationary. However, video recordings of normal, awake leopard frogs made through a dissecting microscope reveal that the animal's whole head oscillates with an amplitude of 10-100 μm in step with the breathing cycle. The retinal image shifts produced by these breathing movements could ensure continuous perception of the frog's stationary environment.

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Author Hadiza Shu'aib Kazaure Surgical Oncology

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Neurosci Lett

DOI

10.1016/j.neulet.2011.07.025

EISSN

1872-7972

Publication Date

September 8, 2011

Volume

502

Issue

Start / End Page

61 / 64

Location

Ireland

Related Subject Headings

Respiratory Rate
Rana pipiens
Movement
Motion Perception
Head
Animals
5202 Biological psychology
3209 Neurosciences
3101 Biochemistry and cell biology
1702 Cognitive Sciences

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Skorina, L., Kazaure, H., & Gruberg, E. (2011). Leopard frogs move their heads, but not their eyes: implications for perception of stationary objects. Neurosci Lett, 502(1), 61–64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neulet.2011.07.025

Skorina, Laura, Hadiza Kazaure, and Edward Gruberg. “Leopard frogs move their heads, but not their eyes: implications for perception of stationary objects.” Neurosci Lett 502, no. 1 (September 8, 2011): 61–64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neulet.2011.07.025.

Skorina L, Kazaure H, Gruberg E. Leopard frogs move their heads, but not their eyes: implications for perception of stationary objects. Neurosci Lett. 2011 Sep 8;502(1):61–4.

Skorina, Laura, et al. “Leopard frogs move their heads, but not their eyes: implications for perception of stationary objects.” Neurosci Lett, vol. 502, no. 1, Sept. 2011, pp. 61–64. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/j.neulet.2011.07.025.

Skorina L, Kazaure H, Gruberg E. Leopard frogs move their heads, but not their eyes: implications for perception of stationary objects. Neurosci Lett. 2011 Sep 8;502(1):61–64.