Local and global responses of insect motion detectors to the spatial structure of natural scenes

Journal of Vision

Volumn 11, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 1-17

  O'Carroll, David C ^a   Barnett, Paul D ^a   Nordström, Karin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dendritic gain; EMD; Insect vision; Motion detection; Natural images; Pattern noise; Velocity encoding

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DIPTERA; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NERVE CELL; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; DIPTERA; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTION PERCEPTION; NEURONS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84855462146     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/11.14.20     Document Type: Article

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