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Out of sight, but not out of mind

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Flies are cleverer than previously thought. They can remember their original destination even if distracted en route by another landmark. This behaviour depends on a specific group of neurons.

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Figure 1: Undeterred by the detour.

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  1. Seth M. Tomchik is in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA,

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  2. Ronald L. Davis is in the Departments of Molecular and Cellular Biology, and of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA. rdavis@bcm.tmc.edu,

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Tomchik, S., Davis, R. Out of sight, but not out of mind. Nature 453, 1193–1194 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/4531192a

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