These files provide biomechanical data of the femoro-tibial joint of the praying mantid's forelimb, as well as behavioural quantification of praying mantids reaching for targets. Please refer to manuscript (Rossoni & Niven, 2022, Current Biology: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2022.08.052) for full methodology.
- File: "resting_angles_after_surger.csv" indicates the resting angle (in degrees) of the tibia following passive extensions or flexions, in limbs where either or both muscle apodemes were cut.
- File: "resting_angles_after_imposed.csv" indicates the resting angle (in degrees) following the imposed angle indicated in the column title.
- File: "reaches_sweep_timeconstant.csv" indicates the time constant (unitless) of the exponential decay function fitted to tibial flexion during the sweep phase of reaches.
- File: "time_constant_after_surgery.csv" indicates the time constant (unitless) of the exponential decay function fitted to passive tibial flexion or extension, in limbs where either or both muscle apodemes were cut.
- File: "reach_phase_duration.csv" indicates the duration (in ms) of the draw, throw, and sweep phases of a reach, as well as the total duration of the reach itself.