Visual evidence accumulation in Drosophila melanogaster
Matteo Bruzzone, Giulio Maria Menti, Marco Dal Maschio, Aram Megighian · FENS Forum 2024
In a complex and mutable environment, animals continuously face scenarios where behavioral decisions determine their survival. These rely primarily on sensory input and the associated cognitive process is known as perceptual decision-making. The decision-making is typically preceded by the gathering of information across time in a process called evidence accumulation. This has been widely studied on various animals; however, in flies, the emphasis has primarily been centered on the subcellular integration mechanisms, overlooking the behavioral impacts and whole-brain neuronal dynamics.Here, we