Neuronal Mechanisms of Visual Movement Perception and Some Psychophysical and Behavioral Correlations

Visual movement perception has to be considered a special perceptual quality of the visual modality as color, brightness, size etc. are sensory qualities for the perception of the visual world (Exner, 1875). Movement detecting neuronal systems are probably present in the nervous system of all animals which respond to visual signals more complicated than simple light-dark stimuli.