Skye M. Long
B.S., University of Southern Maine, 2008
Advisor: Elizabeth M. Jakob
Dissertation/thesis title: Spider brains and behavior
Research Interests
Functional neurobiology of spider brains
Publications
Spano, L., S. M. Long and E. M. Jakob 2012. Secondary eyes mediate the response to looming objects in jumping spiders (Phidippus audax, Salticidae) Biol. Lett. 8:949-951
Long, S. M., S. Lewis, L. Jean-Louis, G. Ramos, J. Richmond, and E. M. Jakob. 2011. Firefly flashing and jumping spider predation. Animal Behaviour 83:81-86.
Jakob, E. M., C. Skow and S. Long. 2011. Plasticity, learning and cognition. In M. E. Herberstein (ed.), Spider Behaviour: Flexibility and Versatility. Cambridge University Press. Pp. 307-347.
Alumni link: Lecturer, University of Massachusetts Amherst