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Choosing the right bar: a complex problem

Inputs to the central complex, the navigation center of Drosophila, are strongly modulated by the visual stimulus history. These history effects carry forward to bias turning behavior when flies choose between two visual stimuli.

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Figure 1: History of visual stimulus modulates neural activity of the bulb and biases a fly's behavioral choice.

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Morimoto, M., Saleem, A. Choosing the right bar: a complex problem. Nat Neurosci 20, 1323–1324 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nn.4646

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