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| Title |
Multimodal interaction in the insect brain
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| Published in |
BMC Neuroscience, June 2016
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12868-016-0258-7 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Anna Balkenius, Christian Balkenius |
| Abstract |
The magnitude of multimodal enhancement in the brain is believed to depend on the stimulus intensity and timing. Such an effect has been found in many species, but has not been previously investigated in insects. We investigated the responses to multimodal stimuli consisting of an odour and a colour in the antennal lobe and mushroom body of the moth Manduca sexta. The mushroom body shows enhanced responses for multimodal stimuli consisting of a general flower odour and a blue colour. No such effect was seen for a bergamot odour. The enhancement shows an inverse effectiveness where the responses to weaker multimodal stimuli are amplified more than those to stronger stimuli. Furthermore, the enhancement depends on the precise timing of the two stimulus components. Insect multimodal processing show both the principle of inverse effectiveness and the existence of an optimal temporal window. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Italy | 1 | 33% |
| Unknown | 2 | 67% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 67% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 33% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 33 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 33 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 11 | 33% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 5 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 4 | 12% |
| Student > Master | 3 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 2 | 6% |
| Other | 2 | 6% |
| Unknown | 6 | 18% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Neuroscience | 9 | 27% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 7 | 21% |
| Engineering | 2 | 6% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 2 | 6% |
| Social Sciences | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 11 | 33% |
Attention Score in Context
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#16,099,609
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#715
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#216,151
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#12
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