We readily infer that animals make decisions, but what this implies is usually not clearly
defined. The notion of'decision-making'ultimately stems from human introspection, and is …

Taxis behaviour in Drosophila larva is thought to consist of distinct control mechanisms
triggering specific actions. Here, we support a simpler hypothesis: that taxis results from …

Most behaviors such as making tea are not stereotypical but have an obvious structure.
However, analytical methods to objectively extract structure from non-stereotyped behaviors …

We present a novel method for the unsupervised discovery of behavioural motifs in larval
Drosophila melanogaster and Caenorhabditis elegans. A motif is defined as a particular …

Detailed observations of larval Drosophila chemotaxis have characterised the relationship
between the odour gradient and the runs, head casts and turns made by the animal. We use …

The survivability of a motile organism depends on the ability to respond to various stimuli.
Drosophila possesses a robust behavioural response towards the external stimuli in various …

Aggregation of necrophagous larvae has several benefits: the sharing of salivary enzymes
(exodigestion), temperature regulation, protection from predators and parasites, etc., and is …

Background Organisms perceive various sensory information from the outside world and
use this information to initiate several actions. In particular, odors are strongly linked to …

Many insects, including Drosophila melanogaster, have a rich repertoire of olfactory
behavior. Combination of robust behavioral assays, physiological and molecular tools …

The coverage problem consists on computing a path or trajectory for a robot to pass over all
the points in some free area and has applications ranging from floor cleaning to demining …