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MODERN work on ant behaviour has shown that there is much greater individuality between one ant and another than was supposed. There is great variation in the individual psychology of ants: in their instincts, in their powers of learning, in their experience and their degrees of reaction to stimuli (see Schneirla, Chen, et al.1). This individuality reaches its highest development in the Formicinæ, where the social integration is also greatest—a fact which has appeared, to some people, surprising.
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Schneirla, T. C., J. Comp. Psychol., 15, 243 (1933); 17, 303 (1934); 32, 41 (1941); 35, 149 (1943); J. New York Ent. Soc., 52, 153 (1944) and other papers. Chen, S. C., Physiol. Zool., 10, 420, 437 (1938).
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MORLEY, D. Division of Labour in Ants. Nature 158, 913–914 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1038/158913b0
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