The Insect Central Complex - From Sensory Coding to Directing Movement

• Main Author: Stanley Heinze (auth)
• Other Authors: Keram Pfeiffer (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2018
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Neurosciences; Insects; Motor Control; Neural circuits; Action Selection; Neuroanatomy; Neurobiology; Sensory Integration; Central Complex
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The most fundamental function of the brain is the analysis and integration of sensory information in order to generate motor commands that result in directed, meaningful interactions with the environment. This process can be viewed as an internal comparison between the current state of the world and...