Ants share decision-making, lessen vulnerability to 'information overload'
Monday, September 24, 2012 - 11:02
in Psychology & Sociology
Scientists at Arizona State University have discovered that ants utilize a strategy to handle "information overload." Temnothorax rugatulus ants, commonly found living in rock crevices in the Southwest, place the burden of making complicated decisions on the backs of the entire colony, rather than on an individual ant.