Topic: electrosensory cues

Animals improve their perception of the world by constantly integrating multi-modal sensory information they gather from the environment. The CNS weights and combines this information based on their reliabilities. However, cue reliability depends greatly on its salience, and it varies continuously while the animal moves through different environments. Our goal is to investigate the mechanisms adopted by animals while they regulate their behavior during multisensory behavioral control. Specifically, we study multisensory integration in Eigenmannia virescens, a species of weakly electric fish du

Animals benefit from a wide variety of sensory information while controlling their behavior. This seemingly simple, inherent process is one of the most challenging problems in neuroscience as animals regulate their behavior in closed loop. Thus, examining multisensory integration (MSI) necessitates the use of control-theoretic approaches and custom experimental systems that may shed light on their underlying mechanisms. Here, we built a custom refuge-tracking system for Eigenmannia virescens, a species of weakly electric fish. These fish hide within refuges and track their movement to remain h