Motor planning: insects do it on the hop.
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.
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Tom
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Department of Biology, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK. tm75@le.ac.uk
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