R. Goulard

This study shows that central complex lesions in wood ants disrupt turning behavior but not overall movement direction, speed, or path straightness.

This paper models how insects integrate innate and learned visual landmark guidance using a neural architecture inspired by the central complex and mushroom bodies.

This study validates a motion compensating treadmill for studying navigational behavior in wood ants, showing memory transfer from arena to treadmill contexts.

This study shows that mushroom bodies are required for learned visual navigation in ants, as lesions impair their ability to navigate to a remembered food location while leaving innate visual responses intact.