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Record Nr.

UNINA9910154726803321

Titolo

How animals see the world : comparative behavior, biology, and evolution of vision

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2012

ISBN

9780199933167 (ebook) :

0199933162 (ebook) :

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource : ill

Disciplina

612.8/4

Soggetti

Vision - Evolution

Animal behavior

Evolution (Biology)

Eye

Physiology, Comparative

Ocular Physiological Phenomena

Sensation

Physiology

Light Signal Transduction

Perception

Behavior

Biological Science Disciplines

Mental Processes

Signal Transduction

Nervous System Physiological Phenomena

Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms

Psychophysiology

Natural Science Disciplines

Psychology

Biochemical Phenomena

Cell Physiological Phenomena

Psychological Phenomena

Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena

Occupations

Chemical Phenomena

Vision, Ocular

Visual Perception

Behavior, Animal

Human Anatomy & Physiology



Health & Biological Sciences

Neuroscience

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

The visual world of animals is highly diverse and often very different from that of humans. This book provides an extensive review of the latest behavioural and neurobiological research on animal vision, detailing fascinating species similarities and differences in visual processing.