Local motion detectors in fruit flies sense complex patterns generated by their own motion - EurekAlert

Scientists at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) have gained new insights into how the eye of Drosophila processes motion patterns that are generated by self-motion through space. They have discovered that direction-selective cells can distinguish six …

image: Global motion pattern generated by the complex motion of a fly in flight.view more  Credit: ill./©: Miriam Henning Simple behaviors such as walking or driving require the human eye to proces… [+6545 chars]

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