A Simple Vision-Based Algorithm for Decision Making in Flying Drosophila

Current Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 464-470

  Maimon, Gaby ^a   Straw, Andrew D ^a   Dickinson, Michael H ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

SYSNEURO

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DROSOPHILA; FLYING; PHYSIOLOGY; REFLEX; VISION;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; DECISION MAKING; DROSOPHILA; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; REFLEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; PUNCTUM MINUTISSIMUM;

EID: 40849126329     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.02.054     Document Type: Article

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