Differences in autonomy of humans and ultrasocial insects. (2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Vranka, Marek; Bahník, Štěpán
• Is Part Of: Behavioral and brain sciences. Volume 39(2016)
• Publication Date: 2016
• Subjects: Psychophysiology -- Periodicals; Psychology -- Periodicals; Human behavior -- Periodicals; Animal behavior -- Periodicals; Brain -- Periodicals; 616.89142
• DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X1500120X
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0140-525X

Abstract

Abstract: The target article is built on an analogy between humans and ultrasocial insects. We argue that there are many important limitations to the analogy that make any possible inferences from the analogy questionable. We demonstrate the issue using an example of the difference between a loss of autonomy in humans and in social insects.