Detection of object motion by a fly neuron during simulated flight

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

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 21-31

  Kimmerle, B ^a,b   Egelhaaf, M ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Figure ground discrimination; Insect; Optic flow; Relative motion; Visual system

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; INSECTA;

EID: 0034024381     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050003     Document Type: Article

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