Interocular transfer of pattern discrimination in cats following section of crossed optic fibers.

Abstract

Following surgical transection of all crossed optic fibers, cats were trained on visual discrimination problems with one eye masked. Test trials with the mask shifted to the "trained" eye show a very high transfer of the discrimination habit. "The results illustrate a type of functional equivalence and an integration of considerable complexity between the visual mechanisms on the two sides of the brain." (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)