EMBO Member

Martin Heisenberg

University, Würzburg | Germany

EMBO 1976

The adaptive role of activity in behavior

Using the fruitfly Drosophila our group studies initiating activity in brain and behavior. We investigate changing visual hypotheses, selective visual attention, learned helplessness, intentionality and time learning.

Keywords: Brain / insect behavior / neurogenetics

Subject area(s): Neuroscience