Animal Behavior & CognitionCurrent BiologyPeer-reviewed
Ants hold a grudge: Associative learning of non-nestmate cues improves enemy recognition
Mélanie Bey, Rebecca Endermann, Christina Raudies…·Volker Nehring
This study shows ants associatively learn recognition labels of both friends and enemies during encounters, leading to varied individual decisions that are coordinated at the colony level for more accurate recognition.
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