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Albert B. Kao

University of Massachusetts BostonORCID 0000-0001-8232-8365Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Assay:behavioral assay· 1 Organism:C. elegans· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Animal Behavior & CognitionbioRxivPreprintMay 16, 2025

A tale of two birds: cognitive simplicity drives collective route improvements in homing pigeons

Shoubhik Chandan Banerjee, Fritz A. Francisco, Albert B. Kao

This study identifies route averaging as the minimal cognitive strategy needed to replicate homing pigeon navigation improvements in group settings, showing it outperforms complex social learning mechanisms.

DOI 10.1101/2025.05.16.654518

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