Many animals begin to escape by moving away from a threat the instant it is detected.
However, the escape jumps of locusts take several hundred milliseconds to produce and the …

The image of a rapidly approaching object has to elicit a quick response. An animal needs to
know that the object is approaching on a collision course and how imminent a collision is …

Cockroaches are scavengers that forage through dark, maze-like environments. Like other
foraging animals, for instance rats, they must continually asses their situation to keep track of …

The lobula giant movement detector (LGMD) and its target neuron, the descending
contralateral movement detector (DCMD), constitute a motion-sensitive pathway in the locust …

Escape behaviors are, by necessity, fast and robust, making them excellent systems with
which to study the neural basis of behavior. This is especially true in insects, which have …

The lobula giant movement detector (LGMD) in the locust visual system and its target
neuron, the descending contralateral movement detector (DCMD), respond to approaching …

As insects move through tortuous, unpredictable terrain, their neural system allows them to
exhibit striking adaptability and researchers must use every technique at their disposal to …

The LGMD2 belongs to a group of giant movement-detecting neurones which have fan-
shaped arbors in the lobula of the locust optic lobe and respond to movements of objects …

Accurate and timely perception of collision in highly variable environments is still a
challenging problem for artificial visual systems. As a source of inspiration, the lobula giant …

Sensorimotor integration is a field rich in theory backed by a large body of psychophysical
evidence. Relating the underlying neural circuitry to these theories has, however, been more …