Stereotyped synaptic connections define the neural circuits of the brain. In vertebrates,
stimulus-independent activity contributes to neural circuit formation. It is unknown whether …

Many animals rely on visual figure–ground discrimination to aid in navigation, and to draw
attention to salient features like conspecifics or predators. Even figures that are similar in …

Neural mechanisms behind stereopsis, which requires simultaneous disparity inputs from
two eyes, have remained mysterious. Here we show how ultrafast mirror-symmetric …

The auditory system has exquisite temporal coding in the periphery which is transformed
into a rate-based code in central auditory structures, like auditory cortex. However, the cortex …

Animals classify stimuli to generate appropriate motor actions. In flight, Drosophila
melanogaster classify equidistant large and small objects with categorically different …

Most animals shift gaze by a 'fixate and saccade'strategy, where the fixation phase stabilizes
background motion. A logical prerequisite for robust detection and tracking of moving …

Background Mosquitoes locate a human host by integrating various sensory cues including
odor, thermo, and vision. However, their innate light preference and its genetic basis that …

Inside compound eyes, photoreceptors contract to light changes, sharpening retinal images
of the moving world in time. Current methods to measure these so-called photoreceptor …

The auditory system has exquisite temporal coding in the periphery which is transformed
into a rate-based code in central auditory structures like auditory cortex. However, the cortex …

Vision is the process of extracting behaviorally-relevant information from patterns of light that
fall on retina as the eyes sample the outside world. Traditionally, non-human primates have …