Priming of visual route memories

• Autor: Harris, R.A ; Hempel de Ibarra, N ; Graham, P ; Collett, T.S
• Assuntos: Animal behavior ; Animal communication ; foraging ; Formica rufa ; insect behavior ; Insects ; learning ; memory ; training (animals) ; visual cue learning
• É parte de: Nature (London), 2005-11, Vol.438 (7066), p.302-302
• Descrição: Ants traveling 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 sequences. Here, Harris and colleagues show the feeding state of wood ant Formica rufa also determines the choice between an outward or inward journey, but by priming the selective retrieval of visual landmark memories.
  
• Editor: London: Nature Publishing Group
  
• Idioma: Inglês