Processing of Visual Information in Mantis Shrimps

Abstract

Report of a 3 year investigation into the physiological structure of the mantis shrimp eye. This creature has the most advanced and most complex eye of any creature in nature, with many band-pass elements, including those outside of human viewing spectra. It also can see polarized light "linear and circular, both directions"

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 05, 2007
Accession Number
ADA473131

Entities

People

  • Justin Marshall
  • Sonja Kleinlogel

Organizations

  • University of Queensland

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Anatomy
  • Biological Staining And Labeling
  • Cells
  • Cellular Structures
  • Circular Polarization
  • Color Vision
  • Crustaceans
  • Data Displays
  • Linear Polarization
  • Neurons
  • Polarization
  • Polarizers
  • Sensitivity
  • Spectra
  • Two Dimensional
  • Waveplates

Readers

  • Approximation Theory.
  • Vision Science/Vision Psychology/Cognitive Neuroscience.