title: Motor planning: insects do it on the hop.
abstract: Planning a motor action in advance of its possible execution doesn't require cortical complexity: a recent paper demonstrates that even fruit flies prepare for movement some time before they decide whether or not to take action.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK. tm75@le.ac.uk
authors.forename: Tom
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matheson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000502:physiology*; D004924:Escape Reaction / Q000502:physiology*; D005426:Flight, Animal / Q000502:physiology*; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000502:physiology*; D009044:Motor Cortex / Q000502:physiology