Priming of visual route memories

Robert A. Harris, Natalie Hempel de Ibarra, Paul Graham and Thomas S. Collett ()
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Robert A. Harris: School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex
Natalie Hempel de Ibarra: School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex
Paul Graham: School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex
Thomas S. Collett: School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex

Nature, 2005, vol. 438, issue 7066, 302-302

Abstract: Abstract Ants travelling to and fro between their nest and a foraging area may follow stereotyped foodward and homeward routes that are guided by different visual and directional memory sequences1,2,3,4,5,6. Honeybees are known to fly a feeder-to-hive or hive-to-feeder vector according to whether or not they have recently fed — their feeding state controls which compass direction they select7. We show here that the feeding state of the wood ant Formica rufa also determines the choice between an outward or inward journey, but by priming the selective retrieval of visual landmark memories.

Date: 2005
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