Social cognition in insects

L Chittka, N Rossi - Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 2022‏ - cell.com
Insects feature some of the most complex societies in the animal kingdom, but a historic
perception persists that such complexity emerges from interactions between individuals …

[PDF][PDF] A decision concept to support house hunting

T Mahmud, D Islam, M Begum, S Das… - … Journal of Advanced …, 2022‏ - researchgate.net
House hunting, or the act of seeking for a place to live, is one of the most significant
responsibilities for many families around the world. There are numerous criteria/factors that …

From dyads to collectives: a review of honeybee signalling

MJ Hasenjager, VR Franks, E Leadbeater - Behavioral Ecology and …, 2022‏ - Springer
The societies of honeybees (Apis spp.) are microcosms of divided labour where the fitness
interests of individuals are so closely aligned that, in some contexts, the colony behaves as …

Two simple movement mechanisms for spatial division of labour in social insects

TO Richardson, N Stroeymeyt, A Crespi… - Nature …, 2022‏ - nature.com
Many animal species divide space into a patchwork of home ranges, yet there is little
consensus on the mechanisms individuals use to maintain fidelity to particular locations …

The effect of experience on collective decision-making

T Kashetsky, J Yan, G Doering, T Skelton… - Behavioural …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Social groups repeatedly solving a complex task can improve their collective performance.
To study the mechanisms of collective improvement, we tested the effect of experience on …

Division of labour promotes the spread of information in colony emigrations by the ant Temnothorax rugatulus

G Valentini, N Masuda, Z Shaffer… - … of the Royal …, 2020‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
The fitness of group-living animals often depends on how well members share information
needed for collective decision-making. Theoretical studies have shown that collective …

Tandem‐running and scouting behaviour are characterized by up‐regulation of learning and memory formation genes within the ant brain

A Alleman, M Stoldt, B Feldmeyer… - Molecular ecology, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
Tandem‐running is a recruitment behaviour in ants that has been described as a form of
teaching, where spatial information possessed by a leader is conveyed to following …

Leadership–not followership–determines performance in ant teams

TO Richardson, A Coti, N Stroeymeyt… - Communications biology, 2021‏ - nature.com
Economic theory predicts that organisations achieve higher levels of productivity when tasks
are divided among different subsets of workers. This prediction is based upon the …

Ant colonies maintain social homeostasis in the face of decreased density

AP Modlmeier, E Colman, EM Hanks, R Bringenberg… - Elife, 2019‏ - elifesciences.org
Interactions lie at the heart of social organization, particularly in ant societies. Interaction
rates are presumed to increase with density, but there is little empirical evidence for this. We …

The neglected pieces of designing collective decision-making processes

Y Khaluf, P Simoens, H Hamann - Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2019‏ - frontiersin.org
Autonomous decision-making is a fundamental requirement for the intelligent behavior of
individual agents and systems. For artificial systems, one of the key design prerequisites is …