蚂蚁智力 Collectiveintelligence::Antsandbrain'sneurons STANFORD-Anindividualantisnotverybright,butantsinacolony,operatingasacollective,doremarkablethings. Asingleneuroninthehumanbraincanrespondonlytowhattheneuronsconnectedtoitaredoing,butallofthemtogethercanbeImmanuelKant. ,StanfordUniversityassistantprofessorofbiologicalsciences,studiesants. "I'plicatedways,"shesaid. Noonegivesordersinanantcolony,yeteachantdecideswhattodonext. Forinstance,,'sterritorysizeexpandsorcontracts,-includingthemisnamed"queen,"whichissimplyabreeder-howdoeseachantdecidewhattodo? Thiskindofundirectedbehaviorisnotuniquetoants,?Allanchoviesandotherschoolingfishseemtoturninunison,yetnoonefishistheleader. GordonstudiesharvesterantsinArizonaand,bothinthefieldandinherlab,theso-calledArgentineantsthatareubiquitoustocoastalCalifornia. ,,soit'snotclearwhethertheyarequietlyaggressiveorjustfindwaysoftakingoverfoodresourcesandterritory. TheArgentineantsinherlabalsoarebeingstudiedtohelpherunderstandhowtheychangebehaviorasthesizeofthespacetheyareexploringvaries. "Theantsaregoodatfindingnewplacestoliveinandgoodatfindingfood,"Gordonsaid."We'reinterestedinfindingouthowtheydoit." HerantsareconfinedbyPlexiglaswallsandanastyglue-'
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