Published August 16, 2013
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Rats maintain a binocular field centered on the horizon
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- Meister, Markus
- Cox, David
Abstract
In this letter, we attempt to correct a potentially serious misperception arising from the paper "Rats maintain an overhead binocular field at the expense of constant fusion". While the authors repeatedly emphasize that the animal's binocular field is overhead, the authors' own data show that the truth is quite different, even orthogonal: the binocular field is in fact centered dead-ahead in front of the animal, tapering to a sliver both above and below the animal. We predict that this paper will be widely cited for something that it does not demonstrate, a concern that is borne out by the paper's earliest citation.
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© 2013 Meister M et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Data associated with the article are available under the terms of the Creative Commons Zero "No rights reserved" data waiver (CC0 1.0 Public domain dedication). First Published: 16 Aug 2013, 2:176 (doi:10.12688/f1000research.2-176.v1). First Indexed: 22 Aug 2013, 2:176 (doi: 10.12688/f1000research.2-176.v1). Author contributions: MM wrote the first version of the letter and corresponded with the paper's senior author for clarification. MM and DDC participated in the discussion and revision of the letter. No competing interests were disclosed. Grant information: The author(s) declared that no grants were involved in supporting this work.Attached Files
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