Predicting visual function by interpreting a neuronal wiring diagram

HS Seung - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
As connectomics advances, it will become commonplace to know far more about the
structure of a nervous system than about its function. The starting point for many …

Numerosities and other magnitudes in the brains: a comparative view

E Lorenzi, M Perrino, G Vallortigara - Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The ability to represent, discriminate, and perform arithmetic operations on discrete
quantities (numerosities) has been documented in a variety of species of different taxonomic …

Spatial vision and visually guided behavior in Apidae

A Kelber, H Somanathan - Insects, 2019 - mdpi.com
The family Apidae, which is amongst the largest bee families, are important pollinators
globally and have been well studied for their visual adaptations and visually guided …

Bumblebee visual allometry results in locally improved resolution and globally improved sensitivity

GJ Taylor, P Tichit, MD Schmidt, AJ Bodey, C Rau… - Elife, 2019 - elifesciences.org
The quality of visual information that is available to an animal is limited by the size of its
eyes. Differences in eye size can be observed even between closely related individuals, yet …

Spatial resolution and optical sensitivity in the compound eyes of two common European wasps, Vespula germanica and Vespula vulgaris

D Gutiérrez, E Rigosi, N Nagloo… - Journal of …, 2024 - journals.biologists.com
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 …

A flexible geometry for panoramic visual and optogenetic stimulation during behavior and physiology

MS Creamer, O Mano, R Tanaka, DA Clark - Journal of neuroscience …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background To study visual processing, it is necessary to precisely control visual stimuli
while recording neural and behavioral responses. It can be important to present stimuli over …

Computer Vision Techniques Demonstrate Robust Orientation Measurement of the Milky Way Despite Image Motion

Y Tao, A Perera, S Teague, T McIntyre, E Warrant… - Biomimetics, 2024 - mdpi.com
Many species rely on celestial cues as a reliable guide for maintaining heading while
navigating. In this paper, we propose a method that extracts the Milky Way (MW) shape as …

Honeybees use the skyline in orientation

WF Towne, AE Ritrovato, A Esposto… - Journal of …, 2017 - journals.biologists.com
In view-based navigation, animals acquire views of the landscape from various locations
and then compare the learned views with current views in order to orient in certain directions …

Insecticide and fungicide effect on thermal and olfactory behavior of bees and their disappearance in bees' tissues

B Piechowicz, E Początek, I Woś, L Zaręba… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Plant protection products may affect the behavior of organisms which are not a target of
control. The effect of Karate Zeon 050 CS (λ-Cyhalothrin-based insecticide; λ-CBI) and …