Fly Brains Filter Out Visual Information Caused by Their Own Movements, Like Humans
Monday, August 3, 2015 - 10:30
in Biology & Nature
To cut down on the barrage of sensory information, the human brain ignores input caused by eye movements. Researchers have found a similar process in flies, whose brains shut out input generated by flight turns. This discovery gives researchers a new tool with which to study this silencing process.