Effective behavioral selection and control begins with effective sensors. Many strategies including optimized sensors, active sensing, and efficient integration of sensory information set the stage for animals to navigate their environment and select tasks that are critical for survival. The FLAP MURI team seeks to interrogate these “smart-sensing” strategies that allow for effective decision making.
Projects
Multimodal encoding in descending neurons
Varun Sharma, Pramod KC, Jeff Riffell, Simon Sponberg
Brett Aiello, Varun Sharma, Karin Nordström, Simon Sponberg
Context Dependent Multimodal Integration
Varun Sharma, Simon Sponberg
How do task-relevant, dynamic feature spaces enable rapid decisions in complex visual environments?
Elina Barredo, Jamie Theobald
Multichannel recording from the antennal lobe
Pramod KC, Jeff Riffell
Active sensing in hawkmoth visuomotor systems
Abdelrahman Sharafeldin, Elina Barredo, Hewenxuan (Vincent) Li, Usama bin Sikandar, Simon Sponberg, Silvia Ferrari, Jamie Theobald, Hannah Choi