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Spatial planning with long visual range benefits escape from visual predators in complex naturalistic environments by Mugan, Ugurcan, MacIver, Malcolm A.

“…It is uncontroversial that land animals have more elaborated cognitive abilities than their aquatic counterparts such as fish. Yet there is no apparent…”
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Visual Threat Assessment and Reticulospinal Encoding of Calibrated Responses in Larval Zebrafish by Bhattacharyya, Kiran, McLean, David L., MacIver, Malcolm A.

“…All visual animals must decide whether approaching objects are a threat. Our current understanding of this process has identified a proximity-based mechanism…”
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Massive increase in visual range preceded the origin of terrestrial vertebrates by MacIver, Malcolm A., Schmitz, Lars, Mugan, Ugurcan, Murphey, Todd D., Mobley, Curtis D.

“…The evolution of terrestrial vertebrates, starting around 385 million years ago, is an iconic moment in evolution that brings to mind images of fish…”
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Publisher Correction: Spatial planning with long visual range benefits escape from visual predators in complex naturalistic environments by Mugan, Ugurcan, MacIver, Malcolm A.

“…An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper…”
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Participating in a climate futures market increases support for costly climate policies by Cerf, Moran, Matz, Sandra C., MacIver, Malcolm A.

“…A large gap exists between the concerns over the risks of climate change and the support needed for effective climate actions. We show that participating in a…”
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Tuning movement for sensing in an uncertain world by Chen, Chen, Murphey, Todd D, MacIver, Malcolm A

“…While animals track or search for targets, sensory organs make small unexplained movements on top of the primary task-related motions. While multiple theories…”
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Visually guided gradation of prey capture movements in larval zebrafish by Patterson, Bradley W, Abraham, Aliza O, MacIver, Malcolm A, McLean, David L

“…A mechanistic understanding of goal-directed behavior in vertebrates is hindered by the relative inaccessibility and size of their nervous systems. Here, we…”
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Convergent evolution of mechanically optimal locomotion in aquatic invertebrates and vertebrates by Bale, Rahul, Neveln, Izaak D, Bhalla, Amneet Pal Singh, MacIver, Malcolm A, Patankar, Neelesh A

“…Examples of animals evolving similar traits despite the absence of that trait in the last common ancestor, such as the wing and camera-type lens eye in…”
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A new mathematical formulation and fast algorithm for fully resolved simulation of self-propulsion by Shirgaonkar, Anup A., MacIver, Malcolm A., Patankar, Neelesh A.

“…We present a computational algorithm for fully resolved numerical simulation (FRS) of rigid and deforming bodies moving in fluids. Given the deformation of the…”
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A robot-rodent interaction arena with adjustable spatial complexity for ethologically relevant behavioral studies by Lai, Alexander T., Espinosa, German, Wink, Gabrielle E., Angeloni, Christopher F., Dombeck, Daniel A., MacIver, Malcolm A.

“…Outside of the laboratory, animals behave in spaces where they can transition between open areas and coverage as they interact with others. Replicating these…”
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Mutually opposing forces during locomotion can eliminate the tradeoff between maneuverability and stability by Sefati, Shahin, Neveln, Izaak D., Roth, Eatai, Mitchell, Terence R. T., Snyder, James B., Maclver, Malcolm A., Fortune, Eric S., Cowan, Noah J.

“…A surprising feature of animal locomotion is that organisms typically produce substantial forces in directions other than what is necessary to move the animal…”
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Undulating fins produce off-axis thrust and flow structures by Neveln, Izaak D, Bale, Rahul, Bhalla, Amneet Pal Singh, Curet, Oscar M, Patankar, Neelesh A, MacIver, Malcolm A

“…While wake structures of many forms of swimming and flying are well characterized, the wake generated by a freely swimming undulating fin has not yet been…”
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Biomimetic and bio-inspired robotics in electric fish research by Neveln, Izaak D, Bai, Yang, Snyder, James B, Solberg, James R, Curet, Oscar M, Lynch, Kevin M, MacIver, Malcolm A

“…Weakly electric knifefish have intrigued both biologists and engineers for decades with their unique electrosensory system and agile swimming mechanics. Study…”
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Evolution: Blinking through deep time by MacIver, Malcolm A

“…Terrestrial vertebrates blink, but most aquatic vertebrates do not. How and why did blinking evolve? A recent study looks at this through the eyes of a…”
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Enhanced detection performance in electrosense through capacitive sensing by Bai, Yang, Neveln, Izaak D, Peshkin, Michael, MacIver, Malcolm A

“…Weakly electric fish emit an AC electric field into the water and use thousands of sensors on the skin to detect field perturbations due to surrounding…”
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Separability of drag and thrust in undulatory animals and machines by Bale, Rahul, Shirgaonkar, Anup A., Neveln, Izaak D., Bhalla, Amneet Pal Singh, MacIver, Malcolm A., Patankar, Neelesh A.

“…For nearly a century, researchers have tried to understand the swimming of aquatic animals in terms of a balance between the forward thrust from swimming…”
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The hydrodynamics of ribbon-fin propulsion during impulsive motion by Shirgaonkar, Anup A, Curet, Oscar M, Patankar, Neelesh A, Maciver, Malcolm A

“…Weakly electric fish are extraordinarily maneuverable swimmers, able to swim as easily forward as backward and rapidly switch swim direction, among other…”
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Neuroscience Needs Behavior: Correcting a Reductionist Bias by Krakauer, John W., Ghazanfar, Asif A., Gomez-Marin, Alex, MacIver, Malcolm A., Poeppel, David

“…There are ever more compelling tools available for neuroscience research, ranging from selective genetic targeting to optogenetic circuit control to mapping…”
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Energy-information trade-offs between movement and sensing by MacIver, Malcolm A, Patankar, Neelesh A, Shirgaonkar, Anup A

“…While there is accumulating evidence for the importance of the metabolic cost of information in sensory systems, how these costs are traded-off with movement…”
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Omnidirectional sensory and motor volumes in electric fish by Snyder, James B, Nelson, Mark E, Burdick, Joel W, Maciver, Malcolm A

“…Active sensing organisms, such as bats, dolphins, and weakly electric fish, generate a 3-D space for active sensation by emitting self-generated energy into…”
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