Responses to moving small-field stimuli by the praying mantis, sphodromantis lineola (Burmeister)

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 42-54

  Preie, Frederick R ^a   Mc Lean, Tracy ^b  

^a DENISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Insect vision; Mantis; Praying mantis; Prey recognition; Vision; Visual perception

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; RETINA; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; FEMALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RETINA; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0029681706     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000113228     Document Type: Article

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