Advanced cognition in ants

TJ Czaczkes - Myrmecological News, 2022 - biotaxa.org
Interest in the advanced cognitive abilities of insects has grown rapidly over the past
decades. However, most studies have taken place on a handful of model organisms: fruit …

Evidence that bottlenose dolphins can communicate with vocal signals to solve a cooperative task

SL King, E Guarino, K Donegan… - Royal Society …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Cooperation experiments have long been used to explore the cognition underlying animals'
coordination towards a shared goal. While the ability to understand the need for a partner in …

Micro/nano motor navigation and localization via deep reinforcement learning

Y Yang, MA Bevan, B Li - Advanced Theory and Simulations, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Efficient navigation and precise localization of Brownian micro/nano self‐propelled motor
particles within complex landscapes could enable future high‐tech applications involving for …

Uncertainty quantification of multi-scale resilience in networked systems with nonlinear dynamics using arbitrary polynomial chaos

M Zou, LZ Fragonara, S Qiu, W Guo - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Complex systems derive sophisticated behavioral dynamics by connecting individual
component dynamics via a complex network. The resilience of complex systems is a critical …

Connecting cooperative transport by ants with the physics of self-propelled particles

T Heckenthaler, T Holder, A Amir, O Feinerman… - PRX Life, 2023 - APS
Paratrechina longicornis ants are known for their ability to cooperatively transport large food
items. Previous studies have focused on the behavioral rules of individual ants and …

Inertia changes evolution of motility-induced phase separation in active matter across particle activity

NP Kryuchkov, AD Nasyrov, KD Gursky, SO Yurchenko - Physical Review E, 2023 - APS
The effects of inertia in active matter and motility-induced phase separation (MIPS) have
attracted growing interest but still remain poorly studied. We studied MIPS behavior in the …

Ant collective cognition allows for efficient navigation through disordered environments

A Gelblum, E Fonio, Y Rodeh, A Korman, O Feinerman - Elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
The cognitive abilities of biological organisms only make sense in the context of their
environment. Here, we study longhorn crazy ant collective navigation skills within the context …

Strange attractors induced by melting in systems with nonreciprocal effective interactions

NP Kryuchkov, LA Mistryukova, AV Sapelkin… - Physical Review E, 2020 - APS
Newton's third law—the action-reaction symmetry—can be violated for effective interbody
forces in open and nonequilibrium systems that are ubiquitous in areas as diverse as …

Leaderless consensus decision-making determines cooperative transport direction in weaver ants

D Carlesso, M Stewardson… - … of the Royal …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Animal groups need to achieve and maintain consensus to minimize conflict among
individuals and prevent group fragmentation. An excellent example of a consensus …

Sequential decision-making in ants and implications to the evidence accumulation decision model

O Ayalon, Y Sternklar, E Fonio, A Korman… - Frontiers in applied …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Cooperative transport of large food loads by Paratrechina longicornis ants demands
repeated decision-making. Inspired by the Evidence Accumulation (EA) model classically …