A. Wystrach

Ants integrate proprioception, visual context and efference copies to make robust predictions.

This study shows ants use proprioception, visual context, and efference copies to compute robust predictions of optic flow during locomotion.

Compensation to visual impairments and behavioral plasticity in navigating ants

This study shows that ants encode visual memories in a binocular, egocentric manner, and can compensate for visual impairment by re-learning routes with one eye, forming novel memories without erasing previous ones.

An intrinsic oscillator underlies visual navigation in ants.

This study shows that ants use an intrinsic oscillator for visual navigation, balancing exploration and exploitation through lateral oscillations and learned visual cues.

Aversive View Memory and Navigational Risk Sensitivity in the Desert Ant, Cataglyphis Velox

This study shows that desert ants use aversive visual memories to navigate, with hesitation behaviors linked to perceived risk and logarithmic duration perception.

A lateralised design for the interaction of visual memories and heading representations in navigating ants

This study combines behavioural experiments and computational modelling to show how ants use lateralised brain regions to integrate visual memories and heading representations for navigation.

How do backward walking ants (Cataglyphis velox) cope with navigational uncertainty?

This study shows that backward walking ants use visual memories and other cues to navigate, despite uncertainty in their direction.

Opponent processes in visual memories: a model of attraction and repulsion in navigating insects' mushroom bodies.

This paper introduces a model of opponent processes in insect navigation, showing that combining attractive and repulsive visual memories improves navigation effectiveness and explains behavioral observations in ants.

Avoiding pitfalls: Trace conditioning and rapid aversive learning during route navigation in desert ants

This study shows desert ants use aversive trace conditioning to learn route detours and avoid pit traps, with positive reinforcement shaping new routes.