Functional imaging methodologies allow researchers to simultaneously monitor the neural
activities of all single neurons in a population, and this ability has led to great advances in …

Abstract Models of sensory processing have historically abstracted underlying biological
circuits, due to unknown connectivity and/or complexity. In contrast, the use of tractable and …

Motion vision has been extensively characterised in Drosophila melanogaster, but
substantially less is known about how flies process colour, or how spectral information …

Natural patterns of light and dark serve as time-giving cues for orienting endogenous cycles
of behavior and physiology known as circadian rhythms. Clinical application of electric light …

Colour vision involves colour-opponent cells, which are excited and inhibited by different
wavelengths. Synaptic interconnections between Drosophila Dm8 cells are required for …

Insects can perceive the polarization pattern in the sky and use the information to navigate: a
new study has delineated neural circuitry immediately downstream of the polarization …

Abstract Changes in luminance over space and time drive visual behaviors across species.
Thus, sensitivity to luminance changes or contrast is fundamental to visual perception …

The quantitative study of behavioral responses provides crucial information about how
neural circuits process visual information, thereby revealing the computations responsible …

Light is a primary environmental factor used by aquatic invertebrates for depth selection
behavior. Many branchiopod crustaceans live in ephemeral aquatic habitats. All …

Complex behaviors are based on sensory feedback signals that enable animals to control
for dynamic changes and unintended deviations within their surroundings. While signals …