Vector addition in the navigational circuits of the fly
Computational Neuroscience seminar by Prof Larry Abbott, Columbia University
Hosted by van Vreeswijk TNS
Wednesday 00:00–01:10 New York (GMT-5)
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Abstract
In a cross wind, the direction a fly moves through the air may differ from its heading direction, the direction defined by its body axis. I will present a model based on experimental results that reveals how a heading direction “compass” signal is combined with optic flow to compute and represent the direction that a fly is traveling. This provides a general framework for understand how flies perform vector computations.
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