Predator avoidance and prey capture are among the most vital of animal behaviors. They
require fast reactions controlled by comparatively straightforward neural circuits often …

Decision-making processes in the context of prey–predator interactions are studied from the
side of the prey or the predator. Thus, prey capture and escape behaviours are researched …

Similar to most visual animals, crabs perform proper avoidance responses to objects directly
approaching them. The monostratified lobula giant neurons of type 1 (MLG1) of crabs …

Similar to most visual animals, the crab Neohelice granulata relies predominantly on visual
information to escape from predators, to track prey and for selecting mates. It, therefore …

Highly active insects and crabs depend on visual motion information for detecting and
tracking mates, prey, or predators, for which they require directional control systems …

Visual systems play a vital role in guiding the behaviour of animals. Understanding the
visual information animals are able to acquire is therefore key to understanding their visually …

Escape responses to directly approaching predators represent one instance of an animal's
ability to avoid collision. Usually, such responses can be easily evoked in the laboratory …

All animals need information about the direction of motion to be able to track the trajectory of
a target (prey, predator, cospecific) or to control the course of navigation. This information is …

Animals, from invertebrates to humans, stabilize the panoramic optic flow through
compensatory movements of the eyes, the head or the whole body, a behavior known as …

Due to their unique advantages for certain experimental approaches, crustaceans have long
been used in neurobiological research. In this chapter, we describe a number of important …