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Inhibition of return in the archer fish

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  • Shai Gabay

    (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
    Zlotowski Center for Neuroscience, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)

  • Tali Leibovich

    (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
    Zlotowski Center for Neuroscience, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)

  • Avi Ben-Simon

    (Zlotowski Center for Neuroscience, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
    Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)

  • Avishai Henik

    (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
    Zlotowski Center for Neuroscience, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)

  • Ronen Segev

    (Zlotowski Center for Neuroscience, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
    Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)

Abstract

Inhibition of return is the inhibitory tagging of recently attended locations or objects. It was previously suggested that inhibition of return is a foraging facilitator in visual search. Inhibition of return was first discovered in humans and was demonstrated also in monkeys, yet it has never been demonstrated in non-primates. Here we report the presence of inhibition of return in the archer fish, which shoots down prey on overhanging vegetation, using squirts of water spouted from its mouth. Moreover, we find similar attentional effects for fish as for human participants. Our results show that the generation of inhibition of return does not require a fully developed cortex and strengthen the view that inhibition of return functions as a foraging facilitator.

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  • Shai Gabay & Tali Leibovich & Avi Ben-Simon & Avishai Henik & Ronen Segev, 2013. "Inhibition of return in the archer fish," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 4(1), pages 1-5, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:4:y:2013:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms2644
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2644
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