Detecting visual stimuli from mobile versus static perspectives. This project aims to understand how a viewer’s perspective (mobile/stationary) determines signal saliency and defines the features of t

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Detecting visual stimuli from mobile versus static perspectives. This project aims to understand how a viewer’s perspective (mobile/stationary) determines signal saliency and defines the features of the nervous system used to detect stimuli and mediate behavioural responses. We will use mate-seeking butterflies as an empirical system to elucidate the optimal way to transmit visual information in noisy environments, a universal yet little understood problem in nature. The research will generate new knowledge and models in visual ecology and neuroscience that can inform human applications in image analysis, signal detection and telecommunication. It also promises future impact for Australian agriculture and public health by identifying what is visually salient to insect pests and vectors of disease.. Scheme: Discovery Projects. Field: 3209 - Neurosciences. Lead: A/Prof Darrell Kemp