...-generated optic flow has been especially well investigated in insects. Indeed, one of the most commonly applied models for motion detection was based on the steering response to widefield motion, known as the optomotor response, in a beetle ( Hassenstein and Reichardt, 1956 ). In flies, optic flow...

... , H. G. and Laurent , G . ( 1999 ). Computation of object approach by a wide-field, motion-sensitive neuron . J. Neurosci . 19 , 1122 - 1141 . 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.19-03-01122.1999 Glantz , R. M. and Schroeter , J. P . ( 2006 ). Polarization contrast and motion detection...

... by identified giant neurons to continuously regulate the speed of the escape run. Looming Collision avoidance Motion detection Lobula neurons Escape response Crustacean Upon the sight of an approaching predator, an animal has to decide in a timely manner at what moment, in what direction...

... of the production and perception of these signals. Multimodal communication Eavesdropping Signal evolution Co-option Motion detection Trachops cirrhosus © 2014. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd 2014 30 4 2014 10 6 2014 Competing interests The authors declare...

... ( [email protected] ) 24 3 2011 © 2011. 2011 insect flight streamlining vision motion detection virtual reality It is abundantly clear that all creatures that move rapidly – in the air, on the ground or underwater – would save considerable locomotive energy if their bodies were...

... and theories have been proposed for how the brain extracts the angular speed of the retinal image, termed optic flow, we lack the detailed electrophysiological and behavioral data necessary to conclusively support any one model. One key property by which different models of motion detection can...

... detection. To determine the effect of the bright zone on motion detection, local properties of wide field motion detecting neurons were investigated using localized sinusoidal gratings. The pattern of local preferred directions of one class of these cells, the HS cells, in Eristalis is similar...

... 11 1998 Copyright © 1998 The Company of Biologists Ltd. 1998 honeybee Apis mellifera behaviour eye-regional specialization eye-region-specific learning pattern recognition colour discrimination motion detection navigation The worker honeybee’s compound eye consists...

... serotonin-proctolin containing neurons in the lobster ventral nerve cord . J. Neurosci. 7 , 533 – 546 . Borst , A. and Egelhaaf , M. ( 1989 ). Principles of visual motion detection . Trends Neurosci. 12 , 297 – 306 . Breidbach , O. ( 1990 ). Serotonin...

... 1991 adaptation motion detection direction selectivity butterfly medulla temporal tuning Papilio aegeus Motion-sensitive neurones in Lepidoptera have been known for some time ( Collett and Blest, 1966 ), the majority of work having been on hawk moths ( Collett, 1970 , 1971...