Abstract
QUEEN ants of genus Formica react to mechanical disturbance of the nest by running downwards to the deepest chambers. In laboratory colonies a series of shocks could result in a reaction, although one similar shock was too small to produce any visible effect.
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PONTIN, A. Response to Series of Subliminal Stimuli; an Ethological Method for investigating the Properties of Nervous Systems. Nature 191, 512–513 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/191512b0
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