Visuomotor control: not so simple insect locomotion.
Observations of locusts walking on a horizontal ladder demonstrate that front leg movements are targeted by visual and antennal cues, suggesting sophisticated motor control mechanisms for these seemingly simple animals.
Ritzmann
Roy E
RE
Department of Biology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106-7080, USA. roy.ritzmann@case.edu
D000818:Animals; D003058:Cockroaches / Q000502:physiology; D006110:Grasshoppers / Q000502:physiology; D007313:Insecta / Q000502:physiology*; D008124:Locomotion / Q000502:physiology; D009424:Nervous System Physiological Phenomena; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology