...Chris R. Palmer; Megan N. Barnett; Saul Copado; Fred Gardezy; William B. Kristan, Jr Stimuli in the environment, as well as internal states, influence behavioral choice. Of course, animals are often exposed to multiple external and internal factors simultaneously, which makes the ultimate...

... and humans alike to gain depth information from the surrounding environment ( Collett, 1978 ; Frost, 1978 ; Srinivasan et al., 1990 ; Lehrer and Srinivasan, 1994 ; Poteser et al., 1998 ; van der Willigen et al., 2002 ; Medendorp et al., 2003 ). behavioral choice crawl leech locomotion...

... diet. * These authors contributed equally to this work † Author for correspondence ( [email protected] ) 15 12 2009 © 2010. 2010 behavioral choice behavioral hierarchy leech evolution decision making Over the past several decades the organization and function...

... of a hardwired neural circuit previously described to produce reflexive responses to tactile stimulation. * Author for correspondence (e-mail: [email protected] ) 12 2 2008 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2008 2008 behavioral choice crayfish escape giant neuron predator...

... addresses the topic of behavioral choice and will be treated in subsequent sections. Fig. 5. Digitized silhouette and midlines of a trout (A) entraining and (B)Kármán gaiting around a 5 cm D-section cylinder, along with corresponding ventral view images, from top to bottom (100 ms apart). Flow...

... of Biologists Limited 2006 2006 gating neuron command neuron neuromodulation locomotion octopamine serotonin behavioral choice leech Hirudo medicinalis The medicinal leech Hirudo medicinalis L. is a well-recognized animal model of locomotory control and the decision-making processes...