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| Title |
Improved color constancy in honey bees enabled by parallel visual projections from dorsal ocelli
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| Published in |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, July 2017
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| DOI | 10.1073/pnas.1703454114 |
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| Authors |
Jair E. Garcia, Yu-Shan Hung, Andrew D. Greentree, Marcello G. P. Rosa, John A. Endler, Adrian G. Dyer |
| Abstract |
How can a pollinator, like the honey bee, perceive the same colors on visited flowers, despite continuous and rapid changes in ambient illumination and background color? A hundred years ago, von Kries proposed an elegant solution to this problem, color constancy, which is currently incorporated in many imaging and technological applications. However, empirical evidence on how this method can operate on animal brains remains tenuous. Our mathematical modeling proposes that the observed spectral tuning of simple ocellar photoreceptors in the honey bee allows for the necessary input for an optimal color constancy solution to most natural light environments. The model is fully supported by our detailed description of a neural pathway allowing for the integration of signals originating from the ocellar photoreceptors to the information processing regions in the bee brain. These findings reveal a neural implementation to the classic color constancy problem that can be easily translated into artificial color imaging systems. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 18% |
| Australia | 3 | 14% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 9% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 5% |
| India | 1 | 5% |
| Unknown | 11 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 18 | 82% |
| Scientists | 4 | 18% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 55 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 55 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 12 | 22% |
| Researcher | 12 | 22% |
| Student > Master | 8 | 15% |
| Professor | 4 | 7% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 4 | 7% |
| Other | 10 | 18% |
| Unknown | 5 | 9% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 21 | 38% |
| Environmental Science | 6 | 11% |
| Neuroscience | 4 | 7% |
| Computer Science | 4 | 7% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 3 | 5% |
| Other | 10 | 18% |
| Unknown | 7 | 13% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 200. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 26 August 2017.
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