Stereopsis in animals: evolution, function and mechanisms

V Nityananda, JCA Read - Journal of Experimental Biology, 2017 - journals.biologists.com
Stereopsis is the computation of depth information from views acquired simultaneously from
different points in space. For many years, stereopsis was thought to be confined to primates …

Mantis Search Algorithm: A novel bio-inspired algorithm for global optimization and engineering design problems

M Abdel-Basset, R Mohamed, M Zidan… - Computer Methods in …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study presents a new nature-inspired optimization algorithm, namely the Mantis Search
Algorithm (MSA), inspired by the unique hunting behavior and sexual cannibalism of praying …

Animals in virtual environments

H Naik, R Bastien, N Navab… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The core idea in an XR (VR/MR/AR) application is to digitally stimulate one or more sensory
systems (eg visual, auditory, olfactory) of the human user in an interactive way to achieve an …

Cell-type-specific binocular vision guides predation in mice

KP Johnson, MJ Fitzpatrick, L Zhao, B Wang… - Neuron, 2021 - cell.com
Predators use vision to hunt, and hunting success is one of evolution's main selection
pressures. However, how viewing strategies and visual systems are adapted to predation is …

A spiking neural network model of 3D perception for event-based neuromorphic stereo vision systems

M Osswald, SH Ieng, R Benosman, G Indiveri - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Stereo vision is an important feature that enables machine vision systems to perceive their
environment in 3D. While machine vision has spawned a variety of software algorithms to …

Virtual reality systems for rodents

K Thurley, A Ayaz - Current zoology, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Over the last decade virtual reality (VR) setups for rodents have been developed and utilized
to investigate the neural foundations of behavior. Such VR systems became very popular …

[HTML][HTML] A novel form of stereo vision in the praying mantis

V Nityananda, G Tarawneh, S Henriksen, D Umeton… - Current Biology, 2018 - cell.com
Stereopsis is the ability to estimate distance based on the different views seen in the two
eyes [1–5]. It is an important model perceptual system in neuroscience and a major area of …

Information is where you find it: Perception as an ecologically well-posed problem

WH Warren - i-Perception, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Texts on visual perception typically begin with the following premise: Vision is an ill-posed
problem, and perception is underdetermined by the available information. If this were really …

A novel interception strategy in a miniature robber fly with extreme visual acuity

TJ Wardill, ST Fabian, AC Pettigrew, DG Stavenga… - Current Biology, 2017 - cell.com
Our visual system allows us to rapidly identify and intercept a moving object. When this
object is far away, we base the trajectory on the target's location relative to an external frame …

[HTML][HTML] Learning to see in depth

DM Levi - Vision Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Stereopsis provides us with a vivid impression of the depth and distance of objects in our 3-
dimensional world. Stereopsis is important for a number of everyday visual tasks, including …