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Investigations of the behavior of flies (Musca) were recently undertaken by Reichardt and Wenking (1969) with the aim of studying and analysing the processes of detection and fixation of elementary visual objects. For this purpose a servo-system was developed which enables a test-fly to operate under “closedloop” conditions: that is to say, a fly by its flight-torque-response controls the angular velocity of its own surround.
Lecture was presented at the Congress under the more general title „Quantitative Methoden zur Messung von Gestaltwahrnehmung und Formunterscheidung bei Insekten”.
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Reichardt, W., Wenking, H.: Optical detection and fixation of objects by fixed flying flies. Naturwissenschaften 56, 424 (1969).
Wehner, R., Gartenmann, G., Jungi, T.: Contrast perception in the eye colour mutants of drosophila melanogaster and drosophila subobscura. J. Insect Physiol. 15, 815 (1969).
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Reichardt, W. (1971). Visual Detection and Fixation of Objects by Fixed Flying Flies. In: Grüsser, OJ., Klinke, R. (eds) Zeichenerkennung durch biologische und technische Systeme / Pattern Recognition in Biological and Technical Systems. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-65175-5_7
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