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SUBMITTER: Mayack C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4321150 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Biology letters 20150101 1
Impulsivity, the widespread preference for a smaller and more immediate reward over a larger and more delayed reward, is known to vary across species, and the metabolic and social hypotheses present contrasting explanations for this variation. However, this presents a paradox for an animal such as the honeybee, which is highly social, yet has a high metabolic rate. We test between these two competing hypotheses by investigating the effect of hunger on impulsivity in bees isolated from their soci ...[more]