Abstract Information processing in visual systems is constrained by the spatial and temporal
characteristics of the sensory input and by the biophysical properties of the neuronal circuits …

Insects such as flies or bees, with their miniature brains, are able to control highly aerobatic
flight maneuvres and to solve spatial vision tasks, such as avoiding collisions with obstacles …

Self-motion generates visual patterns on the eye that are important for navigation. These
optic flow patterns are encoded by the population of local direction–selective cells in the …

Many animals rely on vision to navigate through their environment. The pattern of changes
in the visual scene induced by self-motion is the optic flow, which is first estimated in local …

Vespula germanica and Vespula vulgaris are two common European wasps that have
ecological and economic importance as a result of their artificial introduction into many …

Neural mechanisms behind stereopsis, which requires simultaneous disparity inputs from
two eyes, have remained mysterious. Here we show how ultrafast mirror-symmetric …

Given the great range of visual systems, tasks and habitats, there is surprisingly little
experimental evidence of how visual limitations affect behavioural strategies under natural …

Much evidence has accumulated in recent years, demonstrating that the degree to which
navigating insects rely on path integration or landmark guidance when displaced depends …

Drosophila melanogaster structures its optic flow during flight by interspersing translational
movements with abrupt body rotations. Whether these “body saccades” are accompanied by …

The lobula giant movement detector (LGMD) in the locust visual system and its target
neuron, the descending contralateral movement detector (DCMD), respond to approaching …