Sequential Decision-Making in Ants and Implications to the Evidence Accumulation Decision Model

Cooperative transport of large food loads by Paratrechina longicornis ants demands repeated decision-making. Inspired by the Evidence Accumulation (EA) model classically used to describe decision-making in the brain, we conducted a binary choice experiment where carrying ants rely on social informat...

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Main Authors: Oran Ayalon, Yigal Sternklar, Ehud Fonio, Amos Korman, Nir S. Gov, Ofer Feinerman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Applied Mathematics and Statistics
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fams.2021.672773/full