We've shown that ants acting as a group are smarter, that for them the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. In ...

A Weizmann Institute of Science team has found that ants have better group smarts than people when maneuvering a large load through a maze. Prof. Ofer Feinerman, who led the research team, said ...

Ants Outperform Humans in Group Decision-Making Challenge A Weizmann Institute study led by Prof. Ofer Feinerman pitted ants and humans against each other in a maze navigation experiment designed ...

We've shown that ants acting as a group are smarter, that for them the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. In contrast, forming groups did not expand the cognitive abilities of humans.

A Weizmann Institute of Science team has found that ants have better group smarts than people when maneuvering a large load through a maze. Prof. Ofer Feinerman, who led the research team, said ...