Towards a Science of Consciousness and Social Complexity... For Ants

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Citation KeyFriedman2025TowardsScienceConsciousnessSocial028

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Building on the Ant Colony Test (ACT) introduced in 2019, this paper further develops the case for using ant colonies as model systems for consciousness research. We examine how colony-level information integration, adaptive behavior, and meta-cognitive processes in ant colonies relate to proposed criteria for consciousness.

consciousnessant coloniesAnt Colony Testinformation integrationcollective cognitionmeta-cognition

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Building on the Ant Colony Test (ACT) introduced in 2019, this paper further develops the case for using ant colonies as model systems for consciousness research.
We examine how colony-level informati...

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Field observation and behavioral assays
Population genetics analysis

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Friedman, Daniel Ari. 2025. Towards a Science of Consciousness and Social Complexity... For Ants. Book Chapter. URL: https://www.editorafi.org/ebook/c128-colonias-formigas-conscientes.

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