"The accessory optic system: The AOS, extensively studied in the
rabbit, arises from a special class of ganglion cells, the cells of
Dogiel, that are directionally selective and respond best to slow rates
of movement. They project to the terminal nuclei which in turn project
to the dorsal cap of Kooy of the inferior olive. The climbing fibers
from the olive project to the flocculo-nodular lobe of the cerebellum
from where the brain stem occulomotor centers are reached through the
vestibular nuclei."
-- MIT Encyclopedia of the Cognitive Sciences, p. 866, "Visual Anatomy
and Physiology".
--
sentience@pobox.com Eliezer S. Yudkowsky
http://pobox.com/~sentience/beyond.html
Member, Extropy Institute
Senior Associate, Foresight Institute
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