title: Animal cognition: multi-modal interactions in ant learning.
abstract: A recent study shows that desert ants use a precise behaviour, based on the internal cues of path integration, to facilitate the learning of visual landmark information. This raises fascinating questions about how insects encode familiar terrain.
authors.affiliation: School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK.
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Graham
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Philippides
authors.forename: Bart
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Baddeley
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001000:Ants; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D003463:Cues; D007858:Learning; D009949:Orientation