Many species from diverse and often distantly related animal groups (eg monkeys, crows,
fish and bees) have a sense of number. This means that they can assess the number of …

The largest family of spiders, jumping spiders (Salticidae), is known for performing complex
visually mediated predatory and courtship behavior. As cursorial predators, they rely on their …

By selectively focusing on a specific portion of the environment, animals can solve the
problem of information overload, toning down irrelevant inputs and concentrating only on the …

'Biological motion'refers to the distinctive kinematics observed in many living organisms,
where visually-observable points on the animal move at fixed distances from each other …

Most visually guided animals shift their gaze using body movements, eye movements, or
both to gather information selectively from their environments. Psychological studies of eye …

Simple Summary Seemingly disconnected elements of the environment, like the two visible
halves of an animal behind a tree, can be correctly interpreted as part of the same object …

By selectively focusing on a specific portion of the environment, animals can solve the
problem of information overload, toning down irrelevant inputs and concentrate only on the …

Highlights•We tested boldness and visual habituation in the spider Menemerus
semilimbatus.•Spiders showed consistent boldness type in four behavioural …

Jumping spiders display some of the richest visually-mediated behaviors in nature. Vision is
indeed the most important sensory modality in these spiders where motion detection and …

Background Skinner-box systems are fundamental in behavioural research. They are
objective, reliable and can be used to carry out procedures otherwise impossible with …