The Dominant Role of Visual Motion Cues in Bumblebee Flight Control Revealed Through Virtual Reality

Flying bees make extensive use of optic flow: the apparent motion in the visual scene generated by their own movement. Much of what is known about bees' visually-guided flight comes from experiments employing real physical objects, which constrains the types of cues that can be presented. Here...

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Main Authors: Elisa Frasnelli, Natalie Hempel de Ibarra, Finlay J. Stewart
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Physiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphys.2018.01038/full