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SUMMARY:BMI SEMINAR // Barbara Webb - Modelling the neural mechanisms of n
 avigation in insects
DTSTART:20210217T121500
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DESCRIPTION:Barbara Webb\, Institute for Perception\, Action and Behaviour
 \, School of Informatics\, University of Edinburgh\, UK\nInsect navigation
  has been a focus of behavioural study for many years\, and provides a str
 iking example of cognitive complexity in a miniature brain. We have used c
 omputational modelling to bridge the gap from behaviour to neural mechansi
 ms by relating the computational requirements of navigational tasks to the
  type of computation offered by invertebrate brain circuits. We have shown
  that visual memory of multiple views could be acquired by associative lea
 rning in the mushroom body neuropil\, and allow insects to recapitulate lo
 ng routes. We have also proposed a circuit in the central complex neuropil
  that integrates sky compass and optic flow information on an outbound pat
 h and can thus steer the animal directly home. The models are strongly con
 strained by neuroanatomy\, and are tested in realistic agent and robot sim
 ulations.\n 
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