ePoster · Neuroscience
Coordinating behavioral sequencing and sidedness
Xinping Li, Kyle Thieringer, Elise Ireland, Mala Murthy · COSYNE 2023
Sat, Mar 11, 2023
Most animals evolved with bilateral symmetry. Yet, many behaviors, from tying shoelaces to playing sports, require asymmetric motions and frequent transitions between the use of different sides of the body. Sidedness (whether the movement is produced on the right or left side of the body) therefore constitutes a critical aspect of the behavior, in addition to the sequence of actions that compose a behavior. We do not know how neural circuits coordinate these two aspects of behavior in any system. To solve this problem, we take advantage of a quantifiable, yet complex behavior produced by Droso