Ant Colonies Behave Like Neural Networks When Making Decisions
Published:02 Aug.2022 Source:Rockefeller University
Temperatures are rising, and one colony of ants will soon have to make a collective decision. Each ant feels the rising heat beneath its feet but carries along as usual until, suddenly, the ants reverse course. The whole group rushes out as one -- a decision to evacuate has been made. It is almost as if the colony of ants has a greater, collective mind.
A new study suggests that indeed, ants as a group behave similar to networks of neurons in a brain.