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Elements of a stochastic 3D prediction engine in larval zebrafish prey capture.
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- Attentional switching in larval zebrafish.Science advances · 2025Article
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- A detailed quantification of larval zebrafish behavioral repertoire uncovers principles of hunting behavior.iScience · 2025Article
- Kinematically distinct saccades are used in a context-dependent manner by larval zebrafish.Current biology : CB · 2024Article
- Fish couple forecasting with feedback control to chase and capture moving prey.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2024Article
- Rapid automated 3-D pose estimation of larval zebrafish using a physical model-trained neural network.PLoS computational biology · 2023Article
- Behavioral analysis through the lifespan ofiScience · 2023Article
- SAMPL is a high-throughput solution to study unconstrained vertical behavior in small animals.Cell reports · 2023Article
- Neurocircuitry of Predatory Hunting.Neuroscience bulletin · 2023Review
- Parallelized computational 3D video microscopy of freely moving organisms at multiple gigapixels per second.Nature photonics · 2023Article
- Scalable Apparatus to Measure Posture and Locomotion (SAMPL): a high-throughput solution to study unconstrained vertical behavior in small animals.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2023Article
- Whole-brain imaging of freely-moving zebrafish.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2023Review
- From perception to behavior: The neural circuits underlying prey hunting in larval zebrafish.Frontiers in neural circuits · 2023Review
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- Visual object detection biases escape trajectories following acoustic startle in larval zebrafish.Current biology : CB · 2022Article
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Abstract
The computational principles underlying predictive capabilities in animals are poorly understood. Here, we wondered whether predictive models mediating prey capture could be reduced to a simple set of sensorimotor rules performed by a primitive organism. For this task, we chose the larval zebrafish, a tractable vertebrate that pursues and captures swimming microbes. Using a novel naturalistic 3D setup, we show that the zebrafish combines position and velocity perception to construct a future positional estimate of its prey, indicating an ability to project trajectories forward in time. Importantly, the stochasticity in the fish's sensorimotor transformations provides a considerable advantage over equivalent noise-free strategies. This surprising result coalesces with recent findings that illustrate the benefits of biological stochasticity to adaptive behavior. In sum, our study reveals that zebrafish are equipped with a recursive prey capture algorithm, built up from simple stochastic rules, that embodies an implicit predictive model of the world.
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