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  • Aguilar-Argüello, S., Taylor, A. H., Nelson, X. J.  2022. Jumping spiders do not seem fooled by texture gradient illusions. Behavioural Processes 196, 104603. doi:10.1016/j.beproc.2022.104603
  • Cerveira, A. M., Nelson, X. J., Jackson, R. R. 2021. Spatial acuity-sensitivity trade-off in the principal eyes of a jumping spider - possible adaptations to a ‘blended’ lifestyle. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 207, 437-448. doi:10.1007/s00359-021-01486-2
  • Nelson, X. J., Pratt, A. J., Alouch, S. A., Jackson, R. R. 2021. Effects of phytochemicals on predatory decision-making in a spider. Animal Behaviour 177, 69-80. doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2021.04.022
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  • Aguilar-Argüello, S., Taylor, A. H., Nelson, X. J. 2021. Jumping spiders attend to information from multiple modalities when preparing to jump. Animal Behaviour 171, 99-109. doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2020.11.013
  • Aguilar-Argüello, S., Gerhard, D., Nelson, X. J. 2020. Distance assessment of detours by jumping spiders. Current Zoology 66, 263-273. doi:10.1093/cz/zoz044
  • Humphrey, B., Helton, W. S., Nelson, X. J. 2019. Caffeine affects the vigilance decrement of Trite planiceps jumping spiders (Salticidae). Journal of Comparative Psychology 133, 551-557. doi:10.1037/com0000203​
  • Humphrey, B., Helton, W. S., Bedoya, C., Dolev, Y., Nelson, X. J. 2018. Psychophysical investigation of vigilance decrement in jumping spiders: Overstimulation or understimulation? Animal Cognition 21, 787-794. doi:org/10.1007/s10071-018-1210-2
  • Melrose, A., Nelson, X. J., Dolev, Y., Helton, W. S. 2019. Vigilance all the way down: Vigilance decrement in jumping spiders resembles that of humans. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology 72, 1530-1538. doi:10.1177/1747021818798743.  
  • Nelson, X. J., Helton, W. S.,  Melrose, A. 2019. The effect of stimulus encounter rate on response decrement in jumping spiders. Behavioural Processes 159, 57-59. doi:10.1016/j.beproc.2018.12.020
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