Improving decision speed, accuracy and group cohesion through early information gathering in house-hunting ants.

BACKGROUND: Successful collective decision-making depends on groups of animals being able to make accurate choices while maintaining group cohesion. However, increasing accuracy and/or cohesion usually decreases decision speed and vice-versa. Such trade-offs are widespread in animal decision-making...

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Main Authors: Nathalie Stroeymeyt, Martin Giurfa, Nigel R Franks
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2947506?pdf=render