Why it's hard to swat a fly

Visually Mediated Motor Planning in the Escape Response of Drosophila
Gwyneth Card and Michael H. Dickinson
Current Biology 10.1016/j.cub.2008.07.094
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Here's a smashing paper - a deeply detailed analysis of the Drosophila escape response.  What's more, it's hard to see the usual justifications we need to use in grant applications.   And a paper about "looming threats...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

G CARD, M DICKINSON (2008). Visually Mediated Motor Planning in the Escape Response of Drosophila Current Biology DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.07.094