To make appropriate decisions, animals need to accumulate sensory evidence. Simple
integrator models can explain many aspects of such behavior, but how the underlying …

Many animals rely on vision to detect, locate, and track moving objects. In Drosophila
courtship, males primarily use visual cues to orient toward and follow females and to select the …

Different visual features of an object, such as its position and direction of motion, are important
elements for animal orientation, but the neural circuits extracting them are generally not …

It is not understood how changes in the genetic makeup of individuals alter the behavior of
groups of animals. Here, we find that, even at early larval stages, zebrafish regulate their …

The extraction of directional motion information from changing retinal images is one of the
earliest and most important processing steps in any visual system. In the fly optic lobe, two …

Complex schooling behaviors result from local interactions among individuals. Yet, how
sensory signals from neighbors are analyzed in the visuomotor stream of animals is poorly …

The reliable estimation of motion across varied surroundings represents a survival-critical task
for sighted animals. How neural circuits have adapted to the particular demands of natural …

Detecting the direction of visual movement is fundamental for every sighted animal in order
to navigate, avoid predators, or detect conspecifics. Algorithmic models of correlation-type …

The construction of compartmental models of neurons involves tuning a set of parameters to
make the model neuron behave as realistically as possible. While the parameter space of …

Medial and lateral hypothalamic loci are known to suppress and enhance appetite, respectively,
but the dynamics and functional significance of their interaction have yet to be explored. …