Object detection in the fly during simulated translatory flight

Journal of Comparative Physiology - A Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 181, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 247-255

  Kimmerle, B ^a   Warzecha, A K ^a   Egelhaaf, M ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Figure ground discrimination; Insect visual system Optic flow; Object detection; Relative motion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030823890     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050111     Document Type: Article

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