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SUMMARY:BMI Distinguished Seminar // Mitra Hartmann: Touching the world an
 d the wind: sensorimotor control and flow sensing with whiskers
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DESCRIPTION:Mitra Hartmann\, Northwestern University\, US\nIn rodents\, t
 he whisker (vibrissal) system supports behaviors ranging from locomotor gu
 idance and object exploration to social interactions and anemotaxis (flow 
 sensing). This versatility makes whisker-dependent behavior a powerful len
 s on sensorimotor control. The first part of the talk describes use of the
  whisker system to study embodied sensing and closed-loop sensorimotor con
 trol. On the sensory side\, I will present models of whisker mechanics and
  signal encoding by primary sensory neurons. On the motor side\, I will de
 scribe models of whisker musculature and emerging insights into the circui
 ts that generate whisker movements. I will then outline key challenges in 
 linking sensing to movement within an integrated closed-loop framework. Th
 e second part of the talk will highlight how whiskers interact with moving
  air. Bending and vibration encode direction and speed\, including regimes
  where vibrations emerge at subcritical Reynolds numbers through coupled s
 tructural nonlinearities and fluid-structure interactions.\n\n\n 
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 s/j/64813563657
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