Object learning: Ball games for flies

Wolf Huetteroth

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2025.10.008

Object learning: Ball games for flies

Wolf Huetteroth^*

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School of Geography and Natural Sciences

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Abstract

Object stability is valuable for action selection, yet we know surprisingly little how mechanosensory interaction with objects can lead to an acquired bias to select a particular object. A new study sheds light on how Drosophila central complex neurons influence a learned preference for immobile balls.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	R1096-R1098
Number of pages	3
Journal	Current Biology
Volume	35
Issue number	22
Early online date	17 Nov 2025
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2025.10.008
Publication status	Published - 17 Nov 2025

Keywords

object learning
play
central complex
Drosophila melanogaster
Behaviour

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