title: Insect vision: controlling actions through optic flow.
abstract: Insects depend upon optic flow to supply much of their information about the three-dimensional structure of the world. Many insects use translational flow to measure the distance of objects from themselves. A recent study has provided new insights into the way Drosophila use optic flow to pick out a close target to approach.
authors.affiliation: Sussex Center for Neuroscience, School of Biological Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK.
authors.forename: Thomas S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Collett
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004215:Distance Perception / Q000502:physiology; D004330:Drosophila / Q000502:physiology*; D008124:Locomotion; D012160:Retina / Q000502:physiology; D014584:User-Computer Interface; D014785:Vision, Ocular / Q000502:physiology; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology*