title: Sensory integration: neuronal filters for polarized light patterns.
abstract: Animal and human behaviour relies on local sensory signals that are often ambiguous. A new study shows how tuning neuronal responses to celestial cues helps locust navigation, demonstrating a common principle of sensory information processing: the use of matched filters.
authors.affiliation: Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London, SW7 2AZ, UK. Electronic address: h.g.krapp@imperial.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Holger G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Krapp
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006110:Grasshoppers / Q000502:physiology*; D008027:Light; D013028:Space Perception