There is a tension between the conception of cognition as a central nervous system (CNS)
process and a view of cognition as extending towards the body or the contiguous …

In the natural evolutionary process, biological creatures have developed diverse visual
structures apt for their habitational environments. These natural vision structures have …

The classification of jumping spiders (Salticidae) is revised to bring it into accord with recent
phylogenetic work. Of the 610 recognized extant and fossil genera, 588 are placed at least …

Jumping spiders (Salticidae) rely on accurate depth perception for predation and navigation.
They accomplish depth perception, despite their tiny brains, by using specialized optics …

3D printing, also known as additive manufacturing, is the computer-guided process of
fabricating physical objects by depositing successive layers of material. It has transformed …

Humans and other animals share a number sense', an intuitive understanding of countable
quantities. Having evolved independent from one another for hundreds of millions of years …

Jumping spiders (Salticidae) are famous for their visually driven behaviors [1]. Here,
however, we present behavioral and neurophysiological evidence that these animals also …

A colleague recently asked me “Why do spiders have so many eyes?”, the implication being
that the eight eyes typical of most spiders seemed a bit over-much for an animal that already …

Obtaining a full view and complete information of the surrounding dynamics is of great
significance for a plethora of applications in sensing, imaging, navigation, and orientation …

Neuroscientists have long studied species with convenient biological features to discover
how behavior emerges from conserved molecular, neural, and circuit level processes. With …