Animal Behavior & CognitionbioRxivPreprint
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