The Ant Double Y-maze serves as a tool for studying decision-making and lateralized behaviors in ants. It features a Y-shaped structure that branches into two additional Y-shaped arms. This maze is adapted from the standard Y-maze used in rodent studies, employing a similar decision-making protocol.

Animals rely on sensory organs to gather information about their environment. These sensory organs are integral to the nervous system, and further investigations explore how asymmetries in the left and right sides of the nervous system influence animal behaviors (Frasnelli, Vallortigara, & Rogers, 2014). The Ant Double Y-maze allows researchers to observe how ants exhibit biased choices towards either the left or right maze arm, offering insights into behaviors linked to their lateralized nervous systems. This maze is valuable for studying decision-making behaviors in ants related to mating, foraging, and shelter-seeking under various experimental protocols. Moreover, it facilitates the evaluation of how diseases, nervous system disorders, brain lesions, and pharmacological interventions affect learning, foraging, and mating behaviors.

Other apparatuses used for assessing ant behaviors include the Ant Binary Tree Maze, the Ant T-Maze, the Ant Double Bifurcation T-Maze, and the Ant Colony Maze.