John A. Bender

TL;DR: A camera-based method for automatically quantifying the individual and social behaviors of fruit flies, Drosophila melanogaster, interacting in a planar arena finds that behavioral differences between individuals were consistent over time and were sufficient to accurately predict gender and genotype.

TL;DR: Automated image-based tracking should continue to advance the field of ecology by enabling better understanding of the linkages between individual and higher-level ecological processes, via high-throughput quantitative analysis of complex ecological patterns and processes across scales, including analysis of environmental drivers.

TL;DR: Overall, the studies suggest that CC circuits may indeed influence the descending commands associated with navigational decisions, thereby making them more context dependent.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors performed tetrode recordings from the central complex (CC) of cockroaches walking in place on a slippery surface and found that neural activity in the CC was strongly correlated with, and in some cases predictive of, stepping frequency.

TL;DR: It is concluded that cockroaches do have multiple gaits, with corresponding implications for the collection and interpretation of data on the neural control of locomotion.