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SUBMITTER: Vasas V
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6308245 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
iScience 20181214
Varying levels of numerical cognition have been found in several animal species. Bees, in particular, have been argued to be able to count up to four items and solve complex numerical tasks. Here we present an exceedingly simple neural circuit that, when provided with the actual visual input that the bee is receiving while carrying out the task, can make reliable estimates on the number of items in the display. Thus we suggest that the elegance of numerical problem solving in bees might not lie ...[more]