Vision: Flies move their eyes

Karin Nordström; Andrew B Barron

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2022.11.031

Vision: Flies move their eyes

Curr Biol. 2023 Jan 9;33(1):R20-R22. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.11.031.

Authors

Karin Nordström¹, Andrew B Barron²

Affiliations

¹ Neuroscience, Flinders Health and Medical Research Institute, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia; Department of Medical Cell Biology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden. Electronic address: karin.nordstrom@flinders.edu.au.
² School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. Electronic address: andrew.barron@mq.edu.au.

PMID: 36626857
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.11.031

Abstract

As you are reading this text, your eyes scan across the page, even if you keep your head perfectly still. New research reveals that flies can perform analogous retinal movements, despite their eyes being rigidly fixed to their heads.

MeSH terms

Animals
Diptera*
Eye Movements*
Movement
Retina
Vision, Ocular