LEADER 03458nam 2200445z- 450 001 9910137097403321 005 20231214133345.0 035 $a(CKB)3710000000824706 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/62615 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000824706 100 $a20202102d2015 |y 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurmn|---annan 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aWhat can simple brains teach us about how vision works 210 $cFrontiers Media SA$d2015 215 $a1 electronic resource (290 p.) 225 1 $aFrontiers Research Topics 311 $a2-88919-678-X 330 $aVision is the process of extracting behaviorally-relevant information from patterns of light that fall on retina as the eyes sample the outside world. Traditionally, nonhuman primates (macaque monkeys, in particular) have been viewed by many as the animal model-of-choice for investigating the neuronal substrates of visual processing, not only because their visual systems closely mirror our own, but also because it is often assumed that ?simpler? brains lack advanced visual processing machinery. However, this narrow view of visual neuroscience ignores the fact that vision is widely distributed throughout the animal kingdom, enabling a wide repertoire of complex behaviors in species from insects to birds, fish, and mammals. Recent years have seen a resurgence of interest in alternative animal models for vision research, especially rodents. This resurgence is partly due to the availability of increasingly powerful experimental approaches (e.g., optogenetics and two-photon imaging) that are challenging to apply to their full potential in primates. Meanwhile, even more phylogenetically distant species such as birds, fish, and insects have long been workhorse animal models for gaining insight into the core computations underlying visual processing. In many cases, these animal models are valuable precisely because their visual systems are simpler than the primate visual system. Simpler systems are often easier to understand, and studying a diversity of neuronal systems that achieve similar functions can focus attention on those computational principles that are universal and essential. This Research Topic provides a survey of the state of the art in the use of animal models of visual functions that are alternative to macaques. It includes original research, methods articles, reviews, and opinions that exploit a variety of animal models (including rodents, birds, fishes and insects, as well as small New World monkey, the marmoset) to investigate visual function. The experimental approaches covered by these studies range from psychophysics and electrophysiology to histology and genetics, testifying to the richness and depth of visual neuroscience in non-macaque species. 610 $aobject recognition 610 $aIllusions 610 $aVision 610 $arodent 610 $afish 610 $aAmblyopia 610 $ainsect 610 $aPerception 610 $aVisual Cortex 610 $amarmoset 700 $aDavid D. Cox$4auth$01309600 702 $aAndrea Benucci$4auth 702 $aDavide Zoccolan$4auth 702 $aR. Clay Reid$4auth 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910137097403321 996 $aWhat can simple brains teach us about how vision works$93029439 997 $aUNINA