Neural mechanisms to incorporate visual counterevidence in self-movement estimation

R Tanaka, B Zhou, M Agrochao, BA Badwan, B Au… - Current Biology, 2023 - cell.com
In selecting appropriate behaviors, animals should weigh sensory evidence both for and
against specific beliefs about the world. For instance, animals measure optic flow to estimate …

[HTML][HTML] Nonlinear circuits for naturalistic visual motion estimation

JE Fitzgerald, DA Clark - Elife, 2015 - elifesciences.org
Many animals use visual signals to estimate motion. Canonical models suppose that
animals estimate motion by cross-correlating pairs of spatiotemporally separated visual …

Motion-detecting circuits in flies: coming into view

M Silies, DM Gohl, TR Clandinin - Annual review of …, 2014 - annualreviews.org
Visual motion cues provide animals with critical information about their environment and
guide a diverse array of behaviors. The neural circuits that carry out motion estimation …

[HTML][HTML] Direct comparison reveals algorithmic similarities in fly and mouse visual motion detection

J Chen, CM Gish, JW Fransen, E Salazar-Gatzimas… - Iscience, 2023 - cell.com
Evolution has equipped vertebrates and invertebrates with neural circuits that selectively
encode visual motion. While similarities in the computations performed by these circuits in …

Mechanism for analogous illusory motion perception in flies and humans

M Agrochao, R Tanaka… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Visual motion detection is one of the most important computations performed by visual
circuits. Yet, we perceive vivid illusory motion in stationary, periodic luminance gradients that …

[HTML][HTML] Sequential nonlinear filtering of local motion cues by global motion circuits

EL Barnhart, IE Wang, H Wei, C Desplan, TR Clandinin - Neuron, 2018 - cell.com
Many animals guide their movements using optic flow, the displacement of stationary objects
across the retina caused by self-motion. How do animals selectively synthesize a global …

[HTML][HTML] Quantitative predictions orchestrate visual signaling in Drosophila

AJ Kim, LM Fenk, C Lyu, G Maimon - Cell, 2017 - cell.com
Vision influences behavior, but ongoing behavior also modulates vision in animals ranging
from insects to primates. The function and biophysical mechanisms of most such …

Elementary Motion Detection in Drosophila: Algorithms and Mechanisms

HH Yang, TR Clandinin - Annual Review of Vision Science, 2018 - annualreviews.org
Motion in the visual world provides critical information to guide the behavior of sighted
animals. Furthermore, as visual motion estimation requires comparisons of signals across …

Fly eyes are not still: a motion illusion in Drosophila flight supports parallel visual processing

W Salem, B Cellini, MA Frye… - Journal of Experimental …, 2020 - journals.biologists.com
Most animals shift gaze by a 'fixate and saccade'strategy, where the fixation phase stabilizes
background motion. A logical prerequisite for robust detection and tracking of moving …

A faithful internal representation of walking movements in the Drosophila visual system

T Fujiwara, TL Cruz, JP Bohnslav, ME Chiappe - Nature neuroscience, 2017 - nature.com
The integration of sensorimotor signals to internally estimate self-movement is critical for
spatial perception and motor control. However, which neural circuits accurately track body …