Hidden in Plain Sight

Camouflage in fish and other animals provides insights into visual perception

By Diane Rogers-Ramachandran, Vilayanur S. Ramachandran on May 1, 2008

This article was originally published with the title "Hidden in Plain Sight" in SA Special Editions 18, 2s, 18-21 (May 2008)

doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0508-18sp

ABOUT THE AUTHOR(S)

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Vilayanur S. Ramachandran is a professor and director of the Center for Brain and Cognition at the University of California, San Diego. Ramachandran's accolades include receiving the Henry Dale Prize of the Royal Institution of Great Britain in London, giving the 2003 Reith Lectures for the BBC and participating in the 2012 Gifford Lectures in Glasgow.

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