C. Buehlmann

Innate visual attraction in wood ants is a hardwired behaviour seen across different motivational and ecological contexts

The paper investigates whether the motivational state of wood ants affects their innate visual preferences, finding that this behavior is consistent across different states and ecological contexts.

Impact of central complex lesions on visual orientation in ants: Turning behaviour, but not the overall movement direction, is disrupted

This study shows that central complex lesions in wood ants disrupt turning behavior but not overall movement direction, speed, or path straightness.

A unified mechanism for innate and learned visual landmark guidance in the insect central complex

This paper models how insects integrate innate and learned visual landmark guidance using a neural architecture inspired by the central complex and mushroom bodies.

Transfer of orientation memories in untethered wood ants (Formica rufa) from walking in an arena to walking on a motion compensation treadmill

This study validates a motion compensating treadmill for studying navigational behavior in wood ants, showing memory transfer from arena to treadmill contexts.

Mushroom bodies are required for accurate visual navigation in ants

This study shows that mushroom bodies are required for learned visual navigation in ants, as lesions impair their ability to navigate to a remembered food location while leaving innate visual responses intact.

Multimodal Influences on Learning Walks in Desert Ants (Cataglyphis fortis)

This study investigates how desert ants balance wind direction and visual cues during learning walks, finding wind influences their outward headings and learning walk structure.

Dynamic multimodal interactions in navigating wood ants: What do path details tell us about cue integration?

This study investigates how wood ants integrate multiple sensory cues during navigation, finding that cue binding is flexible and context-dependent, with different motor patterns emerging based on the sensory input.

Avoiding pitfalls: Trace conditioning and rapid aversive learning during route navigation in desert ants

This study shows desert ants use aversive trace conditioning to learn route detours and avoid pit traps, with positive reinforcement shaping new routes.