Brains exhibit plasticity, multi-scale integration of information, computation and memory,
having evolved by specialization of non-neural cells that already possessed many of the …

Outside laboratory conditions and human-made structures, animals rarely encounter flat
surfaces. Instead, natural substrates are uneven surfaces with height variation that ranges …

" Introduction There are numerous neurobiological models of language, ranging from those
concerned with speech perception, white matter structure, and the function of dorsal and …

Routing choices of walking pedestrians in geometrically complex environments are
regulated by the interplay of a multitude of factors such as local crowding,(estimated) time to …

Natural terrain is rarely flat. Substrate irregularities challenge walking animals to maintain
stability, yet we lack quantitative assessments of walking performance and limb kinematics …

Expending effort is generally considered to be undesirable. However, both humans and
vertebrates will work for a reward they could also get for free. Moreover, cues associated …

Rayleigh waves can be used to detect surface defects effectively. However, the Rayleigh
wave imaging quality is often poor due to the low reflected energy when using a single …

Field-assisted self-assembly, motion, and manipulation of droplets have gained much
attention in the past decades. We exhibit an electric field manipulation of the motion of a …

To study the rules of ant behavior and group-formation phenomena, we examined the
behaviors of Camponotus japonicus, a species of large ant, in a range of situations. For …

In order to investigate the effect of the distance between two exits on ant evacuation
efficiency and the behavior of ants escaping from a two-exit room, we conducted ant egress …