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Bumble bees display cross-modal object recognition between visual and tactile senses.
| Title: | Bumble bees display cross-modal object recognition between visual and tactile senses. |
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| Authors: | Solvi C; School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London E1 4NS, UK. cwyn.solvi@mq.edu.au.; Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW 2109, Australia., Gutierrez Al-Khudhairy S; School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London E1 4NS, UK., Chittka L; School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London E1 4NS, UK. |
| Source: | Science (New York, N.Y.) [Science] 2020 Feb 21; Vol. 367 (6480), pp. 910-912. |
| Publication Type: | Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
| Language: | English |
| Journal Info: | Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 0404511 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1095-9203 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 00368075 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Science Subsets: MEDLINE |
| Imprint Name(s): | Publication: Original Publication: New York, N.Y. : [s.n.] 1880- |
| MeSH Terms: | Pattern Recognition, Physiological* , Pattern Recognition, Visual* , Touch Perception*, Bees/*physiology, Animals ; Darkness |
| Abstract: | Many animals can associate object shapes with incentives. However, such behavior is possible without storing images of shapes in memory that are accessible to more than one sensory modality. One way to explore whether there are modality-independent internal representations of object shapes is to investigate cross-modal recognition-experiencing an object in one sensory modality and later recognizing it in another. We show that bumble bees trained to discriminate two differently shaped objects (cubes and spheres) using only touch (in darkness) or vision (in light, but barred from touching the objects) could subsequently discriminate those same objects using only the other sensory information. Our experiments demonstrate that bumble bees possess the ability to integrate sensory information in a way that requires modality-independent internal representations. (Copyright © 2020 The Authors, some rights reserved; exclusive licensee American Association for the Advancement of Science. No claim to original U.S. Government Works.) |
| Comments: | Comment in: Science. 2020 Feb 21;367(6480):850-851. doi: 10.1126/science.aba8519.. (PMID: 32079758) Comment in: Learn Behav. 2020 Dec;48(4):393-394. doi: 10.3758/s13420-020-00433-6.. (PMID: 32643103) |
| Grant Information: | International ERC_ European Research Council |
| Entry Date(s): | Date Created: 20200222 Date Completed: 20200427 Latest Revision: 20210204 |
| Update Code: | 20260130 |
| DOI: | 10.1126/science.aay8064 |
| PMID: | 32079771 |
| Database: | MEDLINE |
| ISSN: | 1095-9203 |
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| DOI: | 10.1126/science.aay8064 |