The mammalian visual system is one of the most intensively investigated sensory systems. However, our knowledge of the typical
input it is operating on is surprisingly limited. To address this issue, we seek to learn about the natural visual environment and
the world as seen by a cat. With a CCD camera attached to their head, cats explore several outdoor environments and videos of natural stimuli
are recorded from the animal's perspective (Kayser et al. 2003, Betsch et al. 2004).
Simultaneous recording of eye-position provides further insight in the interaction of sesnsory and motor systems in the freely behaving animal (Moeller et al., submitted manuscript).
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