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SUMMARY:Seeing through the noise: how fish use visual information to navig
 ate in challenging conditions - Cait Newport\, University of Oxford
DTSTART:20230131T130000Z
DTEND:20230131T140000Z
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CONTACT:Dr Emily Mitchell
DESCRIPTION:Navigation\, or the ability to accurately and efficiently dete
 rmine one’s position relative to a goal\, underpins many important behav
 iours. For aquatic animals\, visually-guided navigation underwater comes w
 ith particular challenges. In addition to an extended range of movement al
 ong both the vertical and horizontal axes compared to most terrestrial ani
 mals\, the appearance of visual cues can change rapidly due to the behavio
 ur of light in water (e.g. attenuation\, wave-induced flicker\, low-light)
 \, reducing the accuracy of landmark identification. In this talk\, I will
  discuss what we can learn from laboratory experiments about the mechanism
  of visual navigation\, including object recognition\, distance estimation
 \, and route planning. I will also explore how we can use recent advances 
 in computer vision and photogrammetry to understand the navigation behavio
 ur of wild fish moving within their complex natural environments.
LOCATION:Part II Lecture Theatre and online via Zoom - contact organiser f
 or details
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