Barbara Webb
Thu 23 Apr 2015, 12:45 - 14:00
IF 4.31/4.33

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We use ant navigation as a paradigm for exploring the computational capacities of small brains. I will describe some recent results that suggest the neural basis of route memory of ants resembles a 'Willshaw' net architecture; and show ants appear to do optimal cue combination (weighting conflicting cues relative to their uncertainty).