Three experiments are reported which clarify the role of movement-produced changes in visual stimulation for the acquisition of visually controlled behaviors. The first study shows that exposure during passive transport, which provides an asystematic relation between self-produced movements and visual stimulation, delays the acquisition of visual-motor coordination when a kitten is subsequently...

The lateral geniculate nucleus relays visual information from the retina to cortex. One well-known anatomical consequence of monocular deprivation during early postnatal development is a shrinkage of neurons in the lamina of the lateral geniculate nucleus that receive input from the deprived eye. This is thought to reflect the competition of afferents subserving the two eyes, possibly at the le...

Recently, using conditioning approaches on the high-harmonic generation process induced by intense laser-atom interactions, we have developed a new method for of optical Schrödinger cat states (Lewenstein et al. in Nat Phys, 17 1104–1108, 2021. https://doi/10.1038/s41567-021-01317-w). These quantum been proven to be very manageable as, modifying conditions under which harmonics are generated, o...

Cat scratch disease (CSD) is caused by a bacterial infection due to Bartonella henselae and associated with young cats kittens. CSD commonly occurs as regional lymphadenitis in the setting of subacute lymphadenopathy predominantly children adults. The prognosis for immunocompetent patients favorable complete recovery, however, immunocompromised adults can progress life-threatening complications...