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Varying Visual Fields

Caption: Image A: the diagram on the left illustrates the skull of an animal with nearly sidways-facing eyes. The two orange semicircles show the visual fields of each eye, and the darker orange triangle indicates the small binocular region in front. The diagram on the right illustrates the regions within which the animal is capable of recognizing objects in a cluttered environment. Image B represents the visual field and binocular region for an animal with nearly forward-facing eyes.

Credit: Rensselaer/Changizi

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