Cumulative route improvements spontaneously emerge in artificial navigators even in the absence of sophisticated communication or thought

Edwin S. Dalmaijer

doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.3002644

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Cumulative route improvements spontaneously emerge in artificial navigators even in the absence of sophisticated communication or thought

Edwin S. Dalmaijer

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: edwin.dalmaijer@bristol.ac.uk

Affiliation School of Psychological Science, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3241-0760

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Cumulative route improvements spontaneously emerge in artificial navigators even in the absence of sophisticated communication or thought

Edwin S. Dalmaijer

Published: June 6, 2024
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002644

About the Authors

Edwin S. Dalmaijer

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: edwin.dalmaijer@bristol.ac.uk

Affiliation School of Psychological Science, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3241-0760

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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