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Science 13 September 1996:
Vol. 273. no. 5281, pp. 1544 - 1547
DOI: 10.1126/science.273.5281.1544
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Mechanisms of Heading Perception in Primate Visual Cortex

David C. Bradley, Marsha Maxwell, Richard A. Andersen, * Martin S. Banks, Krishna V. Shenoy

When we move forward while walking or driving, what we see appears to expand. The center or focus of this expansion tells us our direction of self-motion, or heading, as long as our eyes are still. However, if our eyes move, as when tracking a nearby object on the ground, the retinal image is disrupted and the focus is shifted away from the heading. Neurons in primate dorso-medial superior temporal area responded selectively to an expansion focus in a certain part of the visual field, and this selective region shifted during tracking eye movements in a way that compensated for the retinal focus shift. Therefore, these neurons account for the effect of eye movements on what we see as we travel forward through the world.

D. C. Bradley, M. Maxwell, R. A. Andersen, K. V. Shenoy, Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA.
M. S. Banks, School of Optometry, University of California, Berkeley, CA 74720-2020, USA.
*   To whom correspondence should be addressed.


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