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Single-unit recording in primate cortical area MT shows surprising sensitivity to depth defined by dynamical perspective cues. Depth might then be computed through recurrent circuits involving signals downstream of MT.

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Figure 1: Seeing depth from motion parallax.

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Cumming, B. Gain from your own (moving) perspective. Nat Neurosci 18, 8–9 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nn.3910

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