Topic: sensorimotor context

The sensory experience of an organism is shaped by movement, either of the entire body or of individual sensors. Many organisms can exploit sensor motion in ways that enrich the quality of sensory cues and enhance their ability to estimate unknown quantities. For instance, mantids perform peering head movements before striking prey, a behavior thought to aid in depth estimation. A key challenge in sensory neuroscience is to uncover what motivates such behaviors. How can we understand what information is gained via sensor motion? Here, we present a novel computational method for modeling active