Yuri Ogawa

This study shows that hoverflies respond more strongly to looming stimuli approaching from below at intermediate speeds, matching the sensitivity of ventral descending neurons.

The paper investigates sexual dimorphism in sensorimotor transformation of optic flow in hoverflies, finding dimorphic neural responses but monomorphic behavioral output.

This study compares the visual physiology of two Australian stingless bee species, finding differences in contrast sensitivity but not spatial resolution.

This paper develops a virtual reality system using Unity and machine vision tools to create low-latency, flexible VR environments for behavioral studies in tethered animals.

The paper describes a new sensory organ in praying mantises that detects plant volatiles, supporting their leaf-planking life strategy.

The paper identifies dual receptive fields in descending neurons of hoverflies that respond to both small targets and looming/widefield stimuli, supporting complex visual behaviors.

The paper studies how target-tuned neurons in male hoverflies respond to reconstructed pursuit trajectories, finding that individual neurons respond to specific parts of the pursuit while the population covers a larger proportion.