Flies can use prior experience to improve visual cognitive abilities

摘要

Modification of ongoing and future behaviors based on prior experience demonstrates the so-called "intelligence" in animals and even human beings. Studies by a research team led by Prof. GUO Aike from the Institute of Neuroscience, the CAS Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, show that prior experience can enhance visual feature extraction in a fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster).