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Spatio-chromatic encoding of natural scenes in avian vision

Reference	S18903
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor Innes Cuthill
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors	Professor Julian Partridge, Miss Emma Smith, Professor Tom Troscianko
Institution	University of Bristol
Department	Biological Sciences
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	312,044
Status	Completed
Type	Research Grant
Start date	01/04/2003
End date	31/05/2006
Duration	38 months

Abstract

Research on human vision has yielded insights into the manner in which the spatial and chromatic information in natural scenes is encoded in the visual cortex. In particular, a model of conspicuousness has been developed which predicts discrimination thresholds for objects in scenes. The aim of this project is to obtain images of natural scenes pertinent to avian vision, and to adapt the model to predict discrimination performance in birds exposed to controlled visual stimuli. Behavioural experiments, based both in the laboratory and in the field, will allow us to deduce the nature of encoding in the avian visual system and predict the degree of salience or camouflage of specific objects such as food or camouflaged insects. (Joint with grant 18905).

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Committee	Closed Committee - Animal Sciences (AS)
Research Topics	X – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	X - not in an Initiative
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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