As animals move through the world, images of surfaces and edges in the environment move across the retina, a visual signal known as optic flow. 1 Optic flow is beneficial for several processes, perhaps most notably navigation, 2 but it poses a conundrum. When faced with optic flow, the optomotor body, head, and eye movements reflexively minimize optic flow to maintain a stable retinal image....
No actionable change — this study examines pigeon eye movements and has no relevance to audiology or hearing healthcare.
This study has no meaningful relevance to the audiology field; it appears in this feed likely due to a broad PubMed query capturing vision/neuroscience literature.
- 01Pigeons use slow divergent (outward) eye movements during flight to process visual motion.
- 02Large convergent (inward) eye movements occur during landing.
- 03The study investigates optic flow processing in avian vision.
- 04No auditory, vestibular, or hearing-health component is present.
- 05Published in Current Biology; zero relevance to clinical audiology.
- PMID
- 42409016
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.cub.2026.06.015.
- Journal
- Current Biology
- Publication type
- research_article
- Evidence level
- 4
- Population
- Pigeons during flight and landing
- Intervention
- Observation of eye movements during flight and landing
Primary outcomes
Characterisation of divergent eye movements during flight; Characterisation of convergent eye movements during landing