Understanding the visual demands of underwater habitats for aquatic animals used in neuroscience research
Tod Thiele and Dr. Emily Cooper · Tod Thiele: University of Toronto Scarborough; Emily Cooper: University of California, Berkeley
Fri, Jul 10, 2020 · 15:00 UTC
Zebrafish and cichlids are popular models in visual neuroscience, due to their amenability to advanced research tools and their diverse set of visually guided behaviours. It is often asserted that animals’ neural systems are adapted to the statistical regularities in their natural environments, but relatively little is known about the visual spatiotemporal features in the underwater habitats that nurtured these fish. To address this gap, we have embarked on an examination of underwater habitats in northeastern India and Lake Tanganyika (Zambia), where zebrafish and cichlids are native. In this