Simulation of self-motion in tethered flying insects: an optical flow field for locusts.
A low-cost solution for a visual flow field device is described. The apparatus generates progressive and regressive patterns of motion with variable angular speeds and intensities. Additionally, rotational stimuli can be applied. First results show the efficiency of the flow field in producing flight behavior and steering responses in visual interneurons of locusts.
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Zoologisches Institut der Universität, Basel, Switzerland.
D000818:Animals; D004581:Electronics / Q000295:instrumentation; D004867:Equipment Design; D005426:Flight, Animal / Q000502:physiology*; D006110:Grasshoppers / Q000502:physiology*; D007395:Interneurons / Q000502:physiology; D009039:Motion Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D009482:Neurophysiology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D010775:Photic Stimulation / Q000295:instrumentation; D012399:Rotation; D013028:Space Perception / Q000502:physiology*