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Active explorers show low learning performance in a social insect.

Eve Udino1, Margot Perez1, Claudio Carere1

  • 1Laboratory of Experimental and Comparative Ethology, University Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 93430, Villetaneuse France.

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|March 2, 2018
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Animal personalities, consistent individual differences in behavior, were linked to learning in carpenter ants. More exploratory ants learned slower, suggesting personality impacts cognitive performance and colony success in social insects.

Keywords:
antsassociative learningcognitionexploratory activitypersonality

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