Caspar Henderson

Caspar Henderson won the Roger Deakin Award in 2009 and the Royal Society of Literature Jerwood Award in 2010. His Book of Barely Imagined Beings is published by Granta.

Written by Caspar Henderson

Close-up photo of a spider’s face showing its eyes and hairy texture with a blurred orange background.

essayCognition and intelligence

Webs of perception

The ways in which jumping spiders see and map the world help to illuminate the mystery of human memory

Caspar Henderson