Numerical tests of magnetoreception models assisted with behavioral experiments on American cockroaches

• Main Authors: Lee, Kai Sheng, Dumke, Rainer, Paterek, Tomasz
• Other Authors: School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Science::Physics; Biological Physics; Biophysics
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/152005
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Many animals display sensitivity to external magnetic field, but it is only in the simplest organisms that the sensing mechanism is understood. Here we report on behavioural experiments where American cockroaches (Periplaneta americana) were subjected to periodically rotated external magnetic fields...