Abstract
We perceive the visual world without a lag despite substantial neuronal delays in phototransduction and subsequent neuronal transmission. Interacting with moving objects-predators, prey, or even the tennis ball approaching your racket-depends on overcoming the visual system's lag. This is a problem of prediction, and part of the solution begins in the retina with a computation called motion anticipation. Retinal ganglion cells represent moving objects ahead of their current position along their movement direction. The circuit mechanisms of motion anticipation in the retina are reasonably well understood, and they are surprisingly generalizable to other circuits throughout the central nervous system.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | Retinal Computation |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Pages | 246-258 |
Number of pages | 13 |
ISBN (Print) | 9780128198964 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Aug 17 2021 |
Keywords
- Circuit mechanisms
- Flash-lag effect
- Motion
- Motion anticipation
- Motion onset response
- Neural processing
- Phototransduction
- Prey capture
- Retinal ganglion cells
- Reversal response
- Trajectory estimation
- Visual world
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Medicine
- General Neuroscience