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Fig. 12. Internal object motion does not affect the initial response or habituation of DCMDs to repeated looming stimuli. (Ai) Sample raster plots of sequences of 15 approaches (4 s intervals) of a `bird' from 0° azimuth (top rasters) or of a `bird' from 0° azimuth with an additional roll component (bottom rasters). The subtense angle of the `bird' wing (Bw) and `bird' body (Bb) during an approach (Aii, top) are the same for both stimulus types. The roll angle about the `bird's longitudinal axis during an approach is shown in (Aii, bottom). Note that the spike trains for each approach number were similar for each type of stimulus and that spike trains did not phase-lock to the roll angle. (Bi) The peak spike rate, (Bii) the spike rate 200 ms before collision and (Biii) the number of spikes of the pooled right and left DCMDs during approaches 1 and 15 were compared between the different stimulus types. There were no significant differences (Kruskal–Wallis ANOVA on ranks; see text) in any of the measured parameters compared during approach 1 or during approach 15. Data plotted are the mean ± S.D. (N=11; significant differences as in Fig. 6).





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