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A preliminary note on a new optomotor response in crickets: Antennal tracking of moving targets

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Black disks moving horizontally in the visual field of a cricket (Gryllus campestris) induce an antennal tracking response. It consists of movements of the ipsilateral antenna following the target in a saccade-like fashion.

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  1. Fakultät für Biologie, Universität Konstanz, Postfach 5560, D-7750, Konstanz, Federal Republic of Germany

    H. -W. Honegger

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This work was supported by a grant from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft Ho 463/12.

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Honegger, H.W. A preliminary note on a new optomotor response in crickets: Antennal tracking of moving targets. J. Comp. Physiol. 142, 419–421 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00605454

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