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SUBMITTER: Gross HJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2629729 | biostudies-literature | 2009
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gross Hans J HJ Pahl Mario M Si Aung A Zhu Hong H Tautz Jürgen J Zhang Shaowu S
PloS one 20090128 1
Although the numerical abilities of many vertebrate species have been investigated in the scientific literature, there are few convincing accounts of invertebrate numerical competence. Honeybees, Apis mellifera, by virtue of their other impressive cognitive feats, are a prime candidate for investigations of this nature. We therefore used the well-established delayed match-to-sample paradigm, to test the limits of honeybees' ability to match two visual patterns solely on the basis of the shared n ...[more]