Heuristics are efficient cognitive processes that ignore information. In contrast to the widely
held view that less processing reduces accuracy, the study of heuristics shows that less …

The Centre for Adaptive Behaviour and Cognition (ABC) has hypothesised that much human
decision-making can be described by simple algorithmic process models (heuristics). This …

" More information is always better, and full information is best. More computation is always
better, and optimization is best." More-is-better ideals such as these have long shaped our …

Gerd Gigerenzer's influential work examines the rationality of individuals not from the
perspective of logic or probability, but from the point of view of adaptation to the real world of …

Throughout their lives animals must complete many tasks, including finding food, avoiding
predators, attracting mates, and navigating through a complex and dynamic environment …

Construction behaviour occurs across the entire spectrum of the animal kingdom and affects
the survival of both builders and other organisms associated with them. Animal Architecture …

The sharing and collective processing of information by certain insect societies is one of the
reasons that they warrant the superlative epithet'super–organisms '(Franks 1989, Am. Sci …

We demonstrate a speed versus accuracy trade–off in collective decision making. House–
hunting ant colonies choose a new nest more quickly in harsh conditions than in benign …

The choice of a new nest site is ecologically critical for an insect colony. In swarm-founding
social insects, or those that move as colonies from one site to another, this choice is one of …

Distinguishing between risk and uncertainty, this article draws on the psychological literature
on heuristics to consider whether and when simpler approaches may outperform more …