Visual cognition of birds and its underlying neural mechanism:A review

作     者：Xiaoke Niu Zhenyang Jiang Yanyan Peng Shuman Huang Zhizhong Wang Li Shi Xiaoke Niu;Zhenyang Jiang;Yanyan Peng;Shuman Huang;Zhizhong Wang;Li Shi

作者机构：Henan Key Laboratory of Brain Science and Brain-Computer Interface TechnologySchool of Electrical EngineeringZhengzhou UniversityZhengzhou450001China Department of AutomationTsinghua UniversityBeijing100084China 

出 版 物：《Avian Research》 (鸟类学研究（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2022年第13卷第2期

页      面：216-225页

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学科分类：0710[理学-生物学] 07[理学] 071006[理学-神经生物学] 

基　　金：supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.61673353) the Key Scientific Research Projects of Colleges and Universities in Henan Province,China(No.20A413009)。 

主　　题：neural Visual cognition 

摘      要：Birds have acute vision and many remarkable visual cognition abilities,due to their unique living environment.The underlying neural mechanisms have also attracted interests of researchers in neuroscience.Here,we firstly summarize the visual cognition abilities of birds,and make a comparison with mammals.Secondly,the underlying neural mechanisms are presented,including histological structure of avian brain and visual pathways,typical experimental results and conclusions in electrochemistry and electrophysiology.The latter mainly focuses on several higher brain areas related to visual cognition,including mesopallium ventrolaterale,entopallium,visual Wulst,and nidopallium caudolaterale.Finally,we make a conclusion and provide a suggestion about future studies on revealing the neural mechanisms of avian visual cognition.This review presents a detailed understanding of avian visual cognition and would be helpful in ornithology studies in the field of cognitive neuroscience.