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Conceptualization of relative size by honeybees

The ability to process visual information using relational rules allows for decisions independent of the specific physical attributes of individual stimuli. Until recently, the manipulation of relational concepts was considered as a prerogative of large mammalian brains. Here we show that individual...

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Autores principales: Avarguès-Weber, Aurore, d’Amaro, Daniele, Metzler, Marita, Dyer, Adrian G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3953954/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24672444
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00080
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author Avarguès-Weber, Aurore
d’Amaro, Daniele
Metzler, Marita
Dyer, Adrian G.
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description The ability to process visual information using relational rules allows for decisions independent of the specific physical attributes of individual stimuli. Until recently, the manipulation of relational concepts was considered as a prerogative of large mammalian brains. Here we show that individual free flying honeybees can learn to use size relationship rules to choose either the larger or smaller stimulus as the correct solution in a given context, and subsequently apply the learnt rule to novel colors and shapes providing that there is sufficient input to the long wavelength (green) photoreceptor channel. Our results add a novel, size-based conceptual rule to the set of relational concepts that honeybees have been shown to master and underline the value of bees as an animal model for studying the emergence of conceptualization abilities.
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spelling pubmed-39539542014-03-26 Conceptualization of relative size by honeybees Avarguès-Weber, Aurore d’Amaro, Daniele Metzler, Marita Dyer, Adrian G. Front Behav Neurosci Neuroscience The ability to process visual information using relational rules allows for decisions independent of the specific physical attributes of individual stimuli. Until recently, the manipulation of relational concepts was considered as a prerogative of large mammalian brains. Here we show that individual free flying honeybees can learn to use size relationship rules to choose either the larger or smaller stimulus as the correct solution in a given context, and subsequently apply the learnt rule to novel colors and shapes providing that there is sufficient input to the long wavelength (green) photoreceptor channel. Our results add a novel, size-based conceptual rule to the set of relational concepts that honeybees have been shown to master and underline the value of bees as an animal model for studying the emergence of conceptualization abilities. Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-03-14 /pmc/articles/PMC3953954/ /pubmed/24672444 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00080 Text en Copyright © 2014 Avarguès-Weber, d’Amaro, Metzler and Dyer. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Conceptualization of relative size by honeybees
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title_short Conceptualization of relative size by honeybees
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3953954/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24672444
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00080
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