Flying insects engage in spectacular high-speed pursuit of targets, requiring visual
discrimination of moving objects against cluttered backgrounds. As a first step toward …

Many animals visualize and track small moving targets at long distances—be they prey,
approaching predators or conspecifics. Insects are an excellent model system for …

Aerial predators, such as the dragonfly, determine the position and movement of their prey
even when both are moving through complex, natural scenes. This task is likely supported …

We present a computational model for target discrimination based on intracellular
recordings from neurons in the fly visual system. Determining how insects detect and track …

Visual identification of targets is an important task for many animals searching for prey or
conspecifics. Dragonflies utilize specialized optics in the dorsal acute zone, accompanied by …

Discerning a target amongst visual 'clutter'is a complicated task that has been elegantly
solved by flying insects, as evidenced by their mid-air interactions with conspecifics and …

Dragonflies detect and pursue targets such as other insects for feeding and conspecific
interaction. They have a class of neurons highly specialized for this task in their lobula, the …

The visual world projects a complex and rapidly changing image onto the retina of many
animal species. This presents computational challenges for those animals reliant on visual …

Background Despite having tiny brains and relatively low-resolution compound eyes, many
fly species frequently engage in precisely controlled aerobatic pursuits of conspecifics …

Dragonflies visually detect prey and conspecifics, rapidly pursuing these targets via
acrobatic flights. Over many decades, studies have investigated the elaborate neuronal …