Krzysztof Miler Profile picture
Behavioral ecologist interested in social insects 🐜🐝, researcher in @PAN_akademia
Jan 19, 2023 6 tweets 5 min read
(1/6) Are ambush predators limited in their cognitive abilities? Pit-building #antlions provide a great model to study #learning and other issues. #AnimBehav2023 #animalcognition rdcu.be/c3GdT An aggregation of antlions. Antlions spend most of their liv (2/6) Operant learning is a reversible process in which “reinforcers”, either rewards or punishments, shape behaviour. In our newest work on learning in antlions, we aimed to investigate operant learning in these insects. #AnimBehav2023 rdcu.be/c3Gh2 A bunch of antlion larvae waiting for tests on a 24-well pla