Visual neuroscience: how flies segregate moving objects from the optic flow field

Cole Gilbert; Daniel B Zurek

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2012.05.044

Visual neuroscience: how flies segregate moving objects from the optic flow field

Curr Biol. 2012 Jul 24;22(14):R565-7. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.05.044.

Authors

Cole Gilbert¹, Daniel B Zurek

Affiliation

¹ Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA. cg23@cornell.edu

PMID: 22835789
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.05.044

Abstract

Moving animals often have difficulty detecting moving objects because self-generated optic flow patterns confound image motion. The new hypothesis of 'regressive motion salience' reveals simple rules used by fruit flies.

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MeSH terms

Animals
Drosophila / physiology*
Female
Locomotion*
Motion Perception*
Robotics / methods*