Key factors for the emergence of collective decision in invertebrates

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue AUG, 2012, Pages

  Jeanson, Raphaël ^a   Dussutour, Audrey ^a   Fourcassié, Vincent ^a  

^a Université Paul Sabatier   (France)

Author keywords

Collective decision; Emergence; Insect; Invertebrate; Non linearity; Self organization; Social interactions

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANT; ARTICLE; BEE; CATERPILLAR; COCKROACH; COGNITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; INDIVIDUALITY; INVERTEBRATE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM GROUP SIZE; ORGANISM SOCIAL GROUP; PERCEPTION; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; TAXON; TAXONOMY; TEAMWORK;

EID: 84865091962     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2012.00121     Document Type: Article

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