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Abstract
Black garden ants Lasius niger become more aggressive with repeated encounters of ants from another nest. Recent experimental evidence suggests that associative learning contributes to holding such a "grudge." (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).
期刊介绍:
The Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Learning and Cognition publishes experimental and theoretical studies concerning all aspects of animal behavior processes.