Topic: wide field neurons

Natural scenes are highly dynamic, challenging the reliability of visual processing. Yet, humans and many animals can perform accurate visual behaviors in nature, whereas computer vision devices struggle with changing environments. How do animal eyes achieve this? Here, we reveal the algorithms and mechanisms of rapid luminance gain control in Drosophila, resulting in stable visual processing. We identify the dendrites of specific third order neurons as the site of luminance gain control. The circuitry further involves wide field neurons, matching computational predictions that local spatial p