2022
O’Keeffe J, Yap SH, Llamas-Cornejo I, Nityananda V, Read JCA. (2022) A computational model of stereoscopic prey capture in praying mantises.
https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009666
2021
Nityananda V, Balakrishnan R. (2021) Synchrony of complex signals in an acoustically communicating katydid.
Bouwer FL, Nityananda V, Rouse AA, ten Cate C. (2021) Rhythmic abilities in humans and non-human animals: a review and recommendations from a methodological perspective.
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rstb.2020.0335
Greenfield MD, Aihara I, Amichay G, Anichini M, Nityananda V. (2021) Rhythm interaction in animal groups – selective attention in communication networks.
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rstb.2020.0338
Henry MJ, Cook PF, de Reus K, Nityananda V, Rouse AA, Kotz SA. (2021) An ecological approach to measuring synchronization abilities across the animal kingdom.
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rstb.2020.0336
Nityananda V, Chittka L. (2021) Different effects of reward value and saliency during bumblebee visual search for multiple rewarding targets.
2020
Nityananda V. Insect Neurobiology: Divergent Neural Computations in Predatory Insects.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982219316689
2019
Nityananda V, O’Keefe J, Umeton D, Simmons A, Read JCA. Second-order cues to figure motion enable object detection during prey capture by praying mantises.
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1912310116
Nityananda V, Joubier C, Tan J, Tarawneh G, Read JCA. Motion-in-depth perception and prey capture in the praying mantis Sphodromantis lineola.
https://jeb.biologists.org/content/early/2019/05/03/jeb.198614
2018
Tarawneh G, Jones L, Nityananda V, Rosner R, Rind C, Read JCA. Apparent Motion Perception in the Praying Mantis: Psychophysics and Modelling. Vision 2018, 2(3), 32.
Tarawneh G, Nityananda V, Rosner R, Errington S, Herbert W, Arranz-Paraiso S, Busby N, Tamping J, Read J, Serrano-Pedraza I. Contrast thresholds reveal different visual masking functions in humans and praying mantises. Biology Open 2018, 7, bio029439. http://bio.biologists.org/content/7/4/bio029439
Nityananda V, Tarawneh G, Henriksen S, Umeton D, Simmons A, Read J. (2018) A novel form of stereo vision in the praying mantis. Current Biology, 28, 588-593.
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(18)30014-9
2017
Nityananda V, Read JCA. Stereopsis in animals: evolution, function and mechanisms. Journal of Experimental Biology 2017, 220(14), 2502-2512.
http://jeb.biologists.org/content/220/14/2502
Tarawneh G, Nityananda V, Rosner R, Errington S, Herbert W, Cumming BG, Read JCA, Serrano-Pedraza I. Invisible noise obscures visible signal in insect motion detection. Scientific Reports 2017, 7, 3496.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-03732-7
Nityananda V, Tarawneh G, Errington S, Serrano-Pedraza I, Read J. The optomotor response of the praying mantis is driven predominantly by the central visual field. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 2017, 203(1), 77-87.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00359-016-1139-3
2016
Nityananda V. Attention-like processes in insects. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological sciences 2016, 283(1842), 20161986.
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rspb.2016.1986
Nityananda V, Bissianna G, Tarawneh G, Read J. Small or far away? Size and distance perception in the praying mantis. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 2016, 371(1697), 1-8.
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rstb.2015.0262
Nityananda V, Tarawneh G, Rosner R, Nicolas J, Crichton S, Read J. Insect stereopsis demonstrated using a 3D insect cinema. Scientific Reports 2016, 6, 1-9. https://www.nature.com/articles/srep18718
2015
Nityananda V, Chittka L. Modality-specific attention in foraging bumblebees. Royal Society Open Science 2015, 2, 1-10.
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rsos.150324
Nityananda V, Tarawneh G, Jones L, Busby N, Herbert W, Davies R, Read JCA. The contrast sensitivity function of the praying mantis Sphodromantis lineola. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 2015, 201(8), 741-750.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00359-015-1008-5
2014
Nityananda V, Skorupski P, Chittka L. Can bees see at a glance?. Journal of Experimental Biology 2014, 217, 1933-1939.
http://jeb.biologists.org/content/217/11/1933
Lamba S, Nityananda V. Self-Deceived Individuals Are Better at Deceiving Others. PLoS One 2014, 9(8), e104562.
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0104562
2013
Nityananda V, Pattrick JG. Bumblebee visual search for multiple learned target types. Journal of Experimental Biology 2013, 216, 4154-4160.
http://jeb.biologists.org/content/216/22/4154
Nityananda V. Making Sense of the World. (Review of Sensory Ecology, Behaviour and Evolution by Martin Stevens. Oxford University Press (2013), 264 pages. ISBN: 978-0-199-60178-3). Journal of Evolutionary Psychology 2013, 11(2), 89-92.
https://akademiai.com/doi/abs/10.1556/JEP.11.2013.2.4
2012
Nityananda V, Bee MA. Spatial release from masking in a free-field source identification task by gray treefrogs. Hearing Research 2012, 285(1-2), 86-97.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378595512000044?via%3Dihub
2011
Nityananda V, Bee MA. Finding your mate at a cocktail party: frequency separation promotes auditory stream segregation of concurrent voices in multi-species frog choruses. PLoS One 2011, 6(6), e21191.
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0021191
2009
Nityananda V, Balakrishnan R. Modeling the role of competition and cooperation in the evolution of katydid acoustic synchrony. Behavioral Ecology 2009, 20, 484-489.
https://academic.oup.com/beheco/article/20/3/484/184849
2008
Nityananda V, Balakrishnan R. Leaders and followers in katydid choruses in the field: call intensity, spacing and consistency. Animal Behaviour 2008, 76, 723-735. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S000334720800208X
2007
Nityananda V, Stradner J, Roemer H, Balakrishnan R. Selective attention in a synchronising bushcricket: physiology, behaviour and ecology. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 2007, 193.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00359-007-0251-9
Nityananda V, Balakrishnan R. Synchrony during acoustic interactions in the bushcricket Mecopoda ‘Chirper’ (Tettigoniidae:Orthoptera) is generated by a combination of chirp-by-chirp resetting and change in intrinsic chirp rate. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 2007, 193, 51-65.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00359-006-0170-1
2006
Nityananda V, Balakrishnan R. A diversity of songs among morphologically indistinguishable katydids of the Genus Mecopoda (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) from Southern India. Bioacoustics 2006, 15, 223-250.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09524622.2006.9753552
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