Environmental complexity reveals memory-guided search as the locus of learning in prey capture
Aidan M Schneider, James N. McGregor, Mark Song, Jacob L. Amme, Samantha Zheng, Doran Wu, Jianhong Tu, Gavin Yao, Emmalee Eslinger, Jay Chitalia, Jack Powers, Varun Sinha, Eva L. Dyer, Daniel Levenstein, Keith B. Hengen
This study shows that mice improve prey capture by reorganizing search strategies in complex environments, using memory and learned object values.
bioRxiv · Sep 1, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience