Hard limits to cognitive flexibility in ants, data set + meta data

Wenig, K., Bach, R., &amp; Czaczkes, T. J. (2021). Hard limits to cognitive flexibility: ants can learn to ignore but not avoid pheromone trails. Journal of Experimental Biology (2021) 224, jeb242454. doi:10.1242/jeb.242454 <br><br>experiment1 - learning to avoid pheromone trails (punishment: quinine)2 - learning to avoid pheromone trails (punishment: quinine + shock)3 - learning to avoid pheromone trails, go/no-go approach4 - learning to avoid an odour<br>trial.typerewarded - Y-maze with positive and negative arm, experiment 1,2,4unrewarded - Y-maze with two neutral arms, experiment 2,3,4reward - reward trial with sucrose + DCM, experiment 3punishment - punishment trial with quinine, experiment 3<br>correct.final.decision1 - yes, 0 - no; chose the correct (unscented) arm of the Y-maze<br>time.to.drop in secondsdrop = sucrose, in experiment 1,2,4 drop = quinine, or sucrose, depending on punishment or reward condition, respectively (see trial.type) in experiment 3<br>repeated.final.decision1 - yes, 0 - no; chose the same side of Y-maze as in previous trial<br>time.spent.correct.armof Y-maze within unrewarded trials, in experiment 2,4 <br>number.uturnsexperiment 3 only