@inproceedings {2009,
	title = {The role of lateral inhibition in the sensory processing in a simulated spiking neural controller for a robot},
	booktitle = {Proc. 2009 IEEE Symposium on Artificial Life (ALIFE 2009)},
	year = {2009},
	month = {03/2009},
	pages = {179{\textendash}183},
	publisher = {IEEE},
	organization = {IEEE},
	address = {Nashville, TN},
	abstract = {Visual adaptation is the process that allows animals to be able to see over a wide range of light levels. This is achieved partially by lateral inhibition in the retina which compensates for low/high light levels. Neural controllers which cause robots to turn away from or towards light tend to work in a limited range of light conditions. In real environments, the light conditions can vary greatly reducing the effectiveness of the robot. Our solution for a simple Braitenberg vehicle is to add a single inhibitory neuron which laterally inhibits the output to the robot motors. This solution has additionally reduced the computational complexity of our simple neuron allowing for a greater number of neurons to be simulated with a fixed set of resources.},
	isbn = {978-1-4244-2763-5},
	issn = {2160-6374},
	doi = {10.1109/ALIFE.2009.4937710},
	url = {http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/4937710/},
	author = {David Bowes and Roderick G Adams and Lola Ca{\~n}amero and Volker Steuber and Davey, Neil}
}
@inproceedings {2009,
	title = {Should I worry about my stressed pregnant robot?},
	booktitle = {Proc. 9th International Conference on Epigenetic Robotics: Modeling Cognitive Development in Robotic Systems (EpiRob 2009)},
	series = {Lund University Cognitive Studies},
	volume = {146},
	year = {2009},
	month = {11/2009},
	pages = {203{\textendash}204},
	publisher = {Lund University},
	organization = {Lund University},
	address = {Venice, Italy},
	isbn = {978-91-977-380-7-1},
	issn = {1101-8453},
	url = {http://www.lucs.lu.se/LUCS/146/epirob09.pdf},
	author = {David Bowes and Lola Ca{\~n}amero and Roderick G Adams and Volker Steuber and Davey, Neil},
	editor = {Lola Ca{\~n}amero and Pierre-Yves Oudeyer and Christian Balkenius}
}
@inproceedings {2008,
	title = {Receptor Response and Soma Leakiness in a Simulated Spiking Neural Controller for a Robot},
	booktitle = {Proc. 4th International Workshop on Artificial Neural Networks and Intelligent Information Processing (ANNIIP 2008)},
	year = {2008},
	month = {05/2008},
	pages = {100{\textendash}106},
	publisher = {INSTICC (Inst. Syst. Technologies Information Control and Communication)},
	organization = {INSTICC (Inst. Syst. Technologies Information Control and Communication)},
	address = {Funchal, Madeira, Portugal},
	abstract = {This paper investigates different models of leakiness for the soma of a simulated spiking neural controller for a robot exhibiting negative photo-taxis. It also investigates two models of receptor response to stimulus levels. The results show that exponential decay of ions across the soma and of a receptor response function where intensity is proportional to intensity is the best combination for dark seeking behaviour.},
	isbn = {978-989-8111-33-3},
	url = {https://uhra.herts.ac.uk/handle/2299/6832},
	author = {David Bowes and Roderick G Adams and Lola Ca{\~n}amero and Volker Steuber and Davey, Neil},
	editor = {Madani, K}
}
