A nice piece here on BBC FUTURE about decision making in insects.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/future/article/20260810-what-insects-can-teach-us-about-decision-making

Here’s the part about our recent work with locusts and humans.

“Getting people to change their minds is hard, especially when a group is split between two options. The debate can quickly descend into a stark black-or-white binary, leaving everyone feeling even more entrenched in their ways.
Fortunately, a recent study on locusts points to a way out of this common bind.
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