Yes spiders are interesting, and jumping spiders have excellent stereo vision. There's one who patrols the area around my desk, and often jumps onto the monitor or keyboard. If I move my finger in front of it the spider clearly takes an interest and tracks the motion with its eyes.
Last year I read a book called "A spiders world: senses and behavior" which gives a good overview of their neuroanatomy, which as you might expect is quite different from a mammal.
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What Is It Like to be a Spider?
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Last night the Institute for Figuring sponsored a lecture on spider vision and cognition by Simon Pollard: "What Is It Like to be a spider?"
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