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B H Lemasson¹, J J Anderson, R A Goodwin

¹Environmental Laboratory, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Portland, OR 97208, USA. brilraven@gmail.com

Proceedings. Biological Sciences

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Animals use motion-guided attention for better group decisions. This mechanism helps process social cues efficiently, improving collective navigation and decision-making accuracy in uncertain environments.

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Area of Science:

Behavioral Ecology
Computational Neuroscience
Collective Behavior

Background:

Cooperative decision-making in animals relies on social cues for coordination, especially in uncertain environments.
Information processing challenges arise in groups, potentially leading to confusion and increased individual risk.
Mechanisms for rapid and accurate processing of competing social cues in animal groups remain poorly understood.

Purpose of the Study:

To model how motion-guided attention influences information exchange during social navigation in animal groups.
To compare the effectiveness of motion-guided attention with attention limited to a fixed number of nearest neighbors for robust social coordination.
To investigate how selective attention to motion cues impacts group decision-making dynamics.

Main Methods:

Agent-based modeling to simulate social navigation and information exchange.
Comparison of motion-guided attention models against nearest-neighbor attention models.
Analysis of how varying motion thresholds and social contexts affect group decisions.

Main Results:

Numerically limited attention (n-nearest neighbors) does not ensure robust social navigation across diverse ecological contexts.
Motion-guided attention allows individuals to act as information hubs instantly when alerted, without altering neighbor attention levels.
Individuals can overcome speed-accuracy trade-offs by adjusting motion detection thresholds, enabling groups to modulate social information.
The proportion of individuals needed to influence group direction varies significantly with the social context.

Conclusions:

Motion-guided attention is a fundamental and efficient mechanism for collaborative decision-making in social navigation.
Selective attention to motion cues provides flexibility in information processing and group coordination.
This mechanism allows for dynamic adjustment of influence within a group based on environmental and social factors.