John E. Layne

Biography

I am a Neuroethologist. My research aims to discover how sense organs, and the neural processing of sensory information, mediate and constrain animal behavior under natural conditions. Sense organs both make possible a given behavior, and also limit its range of capacity. By spanning neural, sensory and behavioral fields I operate at an intersection of several biological, psychological and engineering disciplines. This allows collaborations that extend the competencies of the investigators involved – an exceedingly and increasingly important factor in the progress, and funding, of complex biological research – and also extend bridges of understanding between all-too-frequently insular disciplines.

Research Interest

Mechanisms of navigation by path integration and Optical and physiological adaptations of retina to environment