Animal cognition: multi-modal interactions in ant learning.
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.
Graham
Paul
P
School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK.
Philippides
Andrew
A
Baddeley
Bart
B
D000818:Animals; D001000:Ants; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D003463:Cues; D007858:Learning; D009949:Orientation