How neurons detect the direction of motion is a prime example of neural computation:
Motion vision is found in the visual systems of virtually all sighted animals, it is important for …

Nonlinear, multiplication-like operations carried out by individual nerve cells greatly
enhance the computational power of a neural system,–, but our understanding of their …

Sighted animals use visual signals to discern directional motion in their environment. Motion
is not directly detected by visual neurons, and it must instead be computed from light signals …

Inhibitory interactions between opponent neuronal pathways constitute a common circuit
motif across brain areas and species. However, in most cases, synaptic wiring and …

Predictive motion encoding is an important aspect of visually guided behavior that allows
animals to estimate the trajectory of moving objects. Motion prediction is understood …

In visual systems, neurons adapt both to the mean light level and to the range of light levels,
or the contrast. Contrast adaptation has been studied extensively, but it remains unclear how …

Visual systems are often equipped with neurons that detect small moving objects, which may
represent prey, predators, or conspecifics. Although the processing properties of those …

Animals have evolved sophisticated visual circuits to solve a vital inference problem:
detecting whether or not a visual signal corresponds to an object on a collision course. Such …

Artificial neural networks trained to solve sensory tasks can develop statistical
representations that match those in biological circuits. However, it remains unclear whether …

The optic flow, ie, the displacement of retinal images of objects in the environment induced
by self-motion, is an important source of spatial information, especially for fast-flying insects …