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Scanning and active sampling behaviours emerge from conserved insect neural circuits.
Freas CA; Wystrach A
Some insects, like desert ants, stop and turn to look around when they are unsure of where to go, which helps them learn about their surroundings. Researchers showed that this looking-around behavior comes naturally from the ants' brain circuits used for navigating, without needing anything extra. Their model predicted different ways the ants look around, like quick turns and pauses, and it matched real-life videos of ants.
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