title: Motor control: how dragonflies catch their prey.
abstract: Detailed measurements of head and body motion have revealed previously unknown complexity in the predatory behavior of dragonflies. The new evidence suggests that the brains of these agile predators compute internal models of their own actions and those of their prey.
authors.affiliation: Division of Biology and Bioengineeing, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA. Electronic address: flyman@caltech.edu.
authors.forename: Michael H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Dickinson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology; D005426:Flight, Animal; D008954:Models, Biological; D009039:Motion Perception; D063191:Odonata / Q000502:physiology*; D011235:Predatory Behavior / Q000502:physiology