Departments of Ophthalmology and Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Curr Biol. 2017 Apr 24;27(8):R303-R305. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.02.056.
The central (foveal) retina takes about 30 milliseconds longer to signal to the brain than the peripheral retina. In the natural world, a 30 millisecond delay could have real consequences. Why did evolution do it this way?
中央(中央凹)视网膜向大脑发出信号所需的时间比周边视网膜长约 30 毫秒。在自然界中,30 毫秒的延迟可能会产生真正的后果。进化为什么要这样做?