James F. A. Traniello

Socioecological differentiation and the evolution of brain size and synaptic architecture in predatory ants, Neoponera

This study compares brain size and structure between two Neoponera ant species, finding differences in sensory traits and synaptic organization linked to their socioecological lifestyles.

Evolution of neurometabolic frugality in harvester ants

This study measures brain metabolic rates in harvester ants to assess the roles of sociality and body size in brain evolution, finding that body size, not sociality, drives neurometabolic frugality.

The neuroplasticity of division of labor: worker polymorphism, compound eye structure and brain organization in the leafcutter ant Atta cephalotes

The paper examines how eye structure and brain organization in leafcutter ants correlate with their task specialization in different light environments.