Retinal correspondence

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Retinal correspondence is the inherent relationship between paired retinal visual cells in the two eyes. Images from one object stimulate both cells, which transmit the information to the brain, permitting a single visual impression localizaed in the same direction is space<ref name="Cassin">Cassin, B. and Solomon, S. Dictionary of Eye Terminology. Gainsville, Florida: Triad Publishing Company, 1990.</ref>.

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Normal retinal correspondence (NRC) is a binocular condition in which both foveas work together as corresponding retinal ponts, with resultant images fused in the occipital cortex of the brain<ref name="Cassin"/>.

Abnormal retinal correspondence (ARC) is binocular sensory adaptation to compensate for a long-standing eye deviation (i.e. strabismus. The fovea of the straight (non-deviated) eye and non-foveal retinal point of the deviated eye work together, sometimes permitting single binocular vision<ref name="Cassin"/>.