O’Keeffe J, Yap SH, Llamas-Cornejo I, Nityananda V, Read JCA ( 2022 )
A computational model of stereoscopic prey capture in praying mantises

PLOS Computational Biology Vol: 18(5) Pages: 1-33 [view on journal website] Pubmed ID : 35587948

ERRATA
Code for generating figures etc is here: https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.17049413.v1

O’Keeffe J, Yap SH, Llamas-Cornejo I, Nityananda V, Read JCA ( 2022 )
A computational model of stereoscopic prey capture in praying mantises

PLOS Computational Biology Vol: 18(5) Pages: 1-33 [view on journal website] Pubmed ID : 35587948

ERRATA
Code for generating figures etc is here: https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.17049413.v1

Rosner R, Tarawneh G, Lukyanova V, Read JCA ( 2020 )
Binocular responsiveness of projection neurons of the praying mantis optic lobe in the frontal visual field

Journal of Comparative Physiology A Vol: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00359-020-01405-x Pages: [view on journal website] Pubmed ID : 32088748

O’Keeffe J, Yap SH, Llamas-Cornejo I, Nityananda V, Read JCA ( 2022 )
A computational model of stereoscopic prey capture in praying mantises

PLOS Computational Biology Vol: 18(5) Pages: 1-33 [view on journal website] Pubmed ID : 35587948

ERRATA
Code for generating figures etc is here: https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.17049413.v1

Nityananda V, O’Keeffe J, Umeton D, Simmons A, Read JCA ( 2019 )
Second-order cues to figure motion enable object detection during prey capture by praying mantises

PNAS Vol: Pages: [view on journal website] Pubmed ID : 31818943

Full data and analysis code here on Figshare.

O’Keeffe J, Yap SH, Llamas-Cornejo I, Nityananda V, Read JCA ( 2022 )
A computational model of stereoscopic prey capture in praying mantises

PLOS Computational Biology Vol: 18(5) Pages: 1-33 [view on journal website] Pubmed ID : 35587948

ERRATA
Code for generating figures etc is here: https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.17049413.v1

Rosner R, von Hadeln J, Tarawneh G, Read JCA ( 2019 )
A neuronal correlate of insect stereopsis

Nature Communications Vol: 10(1):2845 Pages: 1-9 [view on journal website] Pubmed ID : 31253782

Short film by Nature Video about the project.

Newcastle University press release; Newcastle Chronicle; Edgy.app

Reconstructed neurons are available through NeuroMorpho.Org here: https://doi.org/10.13021/ay7p-fw49.
Neurophysiological data along with code to analyse data, implement the model neurons and generate figures are here: https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.8063327.

Tarawneh G, Jones L, Nityananda V, Rosner R, Rind C, Read JCA ( 2018 )
Apparent Motion Perception in the Praying Mantis: Psychophysics and Modelling

Vision Vol: 2(3) Pages: 32; doi: 10.3390/vision2030032 [view on journal website]

The data collected in this study are available on https://github.com/m3project/mantis-dmax.

O’Keeffe J, Yap SH, Llamas-Cornejo I, Nityananda V, Read JCA ( 2022 )
A computational model of stereoscopic prey capture in praying mantises

PLOS Computational Biology Vol: 18(5) Pages: 1-33 [view on journal website] Pubmed ID : 35587948

ERRATA
Code for generating figures etc is here: https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.17049413.v1

Nityananda V, Joubier C, Tan J, Tarawneh G, Read JCA ( 2019 )
Motion-in-depth perception and prey capture in the praying mantis Sphodromantis lineola

Journal of Experimental Biology Vol: 222 Pages: jeb198614 [view on journal website] Pubmed ID : 31064852

Data and analysis code on figshare.

Umeton D, Tarawneh G, Fezza E, Read JCA, Rowe C ( 2019 )
Pattern and Speed Interact to Hide Moving Prey

Current Biology Vol: 29(18) Pages: 3109-3113.e3 [view on journal website] Pubmed ID : 31522941

Comment article by Johannes Zanker: "Prey capture: Becoming invisible when you move"

Newcastle University press release: "It's all a blur: why stripes hide moving prey" Media coverage: ITV news; The Sun Article on The Conversation website.

Raw data and analysis code are available here: https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.8869919.
Software to run the experiments is here: https://github.com/m3project.

Tarawneh G, Nityananda V, Rosner R, Errington S, Herbert W, Arranz-Paraíso S, Busby N, Tampin J, Read JCA, Serrano-Pedraza I ( 2018 )
Contrast thresholds reveal different visual masking functions in humans and praying mantises

Biology Open Vol: 7(4). Pages: pii: bio029439. doi: 10.1242/bio.029439. [view on journal website] Pubmed ID : 29700198

O’Keeffe J, Yap SH, Llamas-Cornejo I, Nityananda V, Read JCA ( 2022 )
A computational model of stereoscopic prey capture in praying mantises

PLOS Computational Biology Vol: 18(5) Pages: 1-33 [view on journal website] Pubmed ID : 35587948

ERRATA
Code for generating figures etc is here: https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.17049413.v1

Nityananda V, Tarawneh G, Henriksen S, Umeton D, Simmons A, Read JCA ( 2018 )
A Novel Form of Stereo Vision in the Praying Mantis

Current Biology Vol: 28 (4) Pages: 588-593.E4 [view on journal website] Pubmed ID : 29429616

Watch our video abstract here.

Data and analysis code on figshare

Media coverage: Ed Yong in The Atlantic, Digital Trends, Gizmodo, Sky News, Newsweek, Science Magazine, Popular Mechanics, The Telegraph, The Verge, Live Science, Science Alert, National Geographic.

O’Keeffe J, Yap SH, Llamas-Cornejo I, Nityananda V, Read JCA ( 2022 )
A computational model of stereoscopic prey capture in praying mantises

PLOS Computational Biology Vol: 18(5) Pages: 1-33 [view on journal website] Pubmed ID : 35587948

ERRATA
Code for generating figures etc is here: https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.17049413.v1

Nityananda V, Read JCA ( 2017 )
Stereopsis in animals: evolution, function and mechanisms

Journal of Experimental Biology Vol: 220 Pages: 2502-2512 [view on journal website] Pubmed ID : 28724702

Umeton D, Read JCA, Rowe C ( 2017 )
Unravelling the illusion of flicker fusion

Biology Letters Vol: 13 Pages: 13: 20160831. [view on journal website] Pubmed ID : 28148834

Tarawneh G, Nityananda V, Rosner R, Errington S, Herbert W, Cumming BG, Read JCA, Serrano-Pedraza I ( 2017 )
Invisible noise obscures visible signal in insect motion detection

Scientific Reports Vol: 7: 3496 Pages: 1-14 [view on journal website] Pubmed ID : 28615659

Rosner R, von Hadeln J, Salden T, Homberg U ( 2017 )
Anatomy of the lobula complex in the brain of the praying mantis compared to the lobula complexes of the locust and cockroach

Journal of Comparative Neurology Vol: 525 (10) Pages: 2343–2357 [view on journal website] Pubmed ID : 28295329

Nityananda V, Tarawneh G, Errington S, Serrano-Pedraza I, Read JCA ( 2017 )
The optomotor response of the praying mantis is driven predominantly by the central visual field

Journal of Comparative Physiology A Vol: 203 Pages: 77-87 [view on journal website] Pubmed ID : 28005254

O’Keeffe J, Yap SH, Llamas-Cornejo I, Nityananda V, Read JCA ( 2022 )
A computational model of stereoscopic prey capture in praying mantises

PLOS Computational Biology Vol: 18(5) Pages: 1-33 [view on journal website] Pubmed ID : 35587948

ERRATA
Code for generating figures etc is here: https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.17049413.v1

Nityananda V, Bissianna G, Tarawneh G, Read JCA ( 2016 )
Small or far away? Size and distance perception in the praying mantis.

Philosophical Transactions B Vol: 371(1697) Pages: pii: 20150262 [view on journal website] Pubmed ID : 27269605

O’Keeffe J, Yap SH, Llamas-Cornejo I, Nityananda V, Read JCA ( 2022 )
A computational model of stereoscopic prey capture in praying mantises

PLOS Computational Biology Vol: 18(5) Pages: 1-33 [view on journal website] Pubmed ID : 35587948

ERRATA
Code for generating figures etc is here: https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.17049413.v1

Nityananda V, Tarawneh G, Rosner R, Nicolas J, Crichton S, Read JCA ( 2016 )
Insect stereopsis demonstrated using a 3D insect cinema

Scientific Reports Vol: 6 Pages: 18718 [view on journal website] Pubmed ID : 26740144

Newcastle University press release. Video clips from Tyne Tees news. New York Times. LA Times. HuffPo. Sky News. The Independent. Daily Mail. Wissenschaft. El Correo. Metronews France.

Tarawneh G, Read JCA ( 2014 )
An FPGA-based hardware accelerator for simulating spatiotemporal neurons

Electronics, Circuits and Systems (ICECS), 21st IEEE International Conference on Vol: 2014 Pages: 618 - 621 [view on journal website]

Nityananda V, Tarawneh G, Jones L, Busby N, Herbert W, Davies R, Read JCA ( 2015 )
The contrast sensitivity function of the praying mantis Sphodromantis lineola

Journal of Comparative Physiology A Vol: 201(8) Pages: 741-50 [view on journal website] Pubmed ID : 25894490

Here you can find the raw data for this paper, in Matlab format, and also an Excel file reporting the fitted thresholds for the individual insects and for the aggregate data pooled across individuals, using the methods reported in the paper. Also, see this blog post on a subtlety concerning the definition of frequency.

O’Keeffe J, Yap SH, Llamas-Cornejo I, Nityananda V, Read JCA ( 2022 )
A computational model of stereoscopic prey capture in praying mantises

PLOS Computational Biology Vol: 18(5) Pages: 1-33 [view on journal website] Pubmed ID : 35587948

ERRATA
Code for generating figures etc is here: https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.17049413.v1

Read JCA ( 2013 )
Man, mantis and machine : the computation of 3D vision

Leverhulme Trust Annual Review Vol: Pages: