DEVELOPMENT OF BINOCULAR DEPTH-PERCEPTION IN KITTENS

  • 1 January 1981
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 21  (3) , 493-496
Abstract
By means of the jumping stand technique, binocular and monocular depth thresholds were measured in kittens 4 wk-4 mo. old. Binocularly, performance improved very rapidly during the 5th and 6th wk, coinciding with the maturation of cortical disparity-tuned neurons. Discriminations made monocularly took longer to learn, and thresholds were consistently poor. Apparently kittens can use binocular cues for depth at a very early age.

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