Chasing a dummy target: Smooth pursuit and velocity control in male blowflies

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue 1513, 2003, Pages 393-399

  Boeddeker, Norbert ^a   Kern, Roland ^a   Egelhaaf, Martin ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fly; Pursuit behaviour; Sensorimotor control; Smooth pursuit; Vision; Visual pursuit

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; FLY; VELOCITY; VISION;

ARTICLE; CONTROL SYSTEM; EYE TRACKING; FLIGHT; FLY; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VELOCITY; VISION; VISUAL FIELD;

CALLIPHORIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 0037460755     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2002.2240     Document Type: Article

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