Hard limits to cognitive flexibility in ants, data set + meta data
dataset
posted on 2021-04-21, 06:53 authored by Katharina WenigKatharina Wenig, Richard Bach, Tomer CzaczkesTomer CzaczkesWenig, K., Bach, R., & Czaczkes, T. J. (2021). Hard limits to cognitive flexibility: ants can learn to ignore but not avoid pheromone trails. Journal of Experimental Biology (2021) 224, jeb242454. doi:10.1242/jeb.242454
experiment
1 - learning to avoid pheromone trails (punishment: quinine)
2 - learning to avoid pheromone trails (punishment: quinine + shock)
3 - learning to avoid pheromone trails, go/no-go approach
4 - learning to avoid an odour
trial.type
rewarded - Y-maze with positive and negative arm, experiment 1,2,4
unrewarded - Y-maze with two neutral arms, experiment 2,3,4
reward - reward trial with sucrose + DCM, experiment 3
punishment - punishment trial with quinine, experiment 3
correct.final.decision
1 - yes, 0 - no; chose the correct (unscented) arm of the Y-maze
time.to.drop
in seconds
drop = sucrose, in experiment 1,2,4
drop = quinine, or sucrose, depending on punishment or reward condition, respectively (see trial.type) in experiment 3
repeated.final.decision
1 - yes, 0 - no; chose the same side of Y-maze as in previous trial
time.spent.correct.arm
of Y-maze within unrewarded trials, in experiment 2,4
number.uturns
experiment 3 only
