Bumblebees can recognize objects across different senses
FEB. 21, 2020 / 7:01 PM
By Brooks Hays
Feb. 21 (UPI) -- The ability to recognize objects across different senses is an important part of the human brain's ability to produce mental images of the world and sustain conscious awareness.
It turns out, insects and their tiny brains have the same ability.
According to a new study, published Friday in the journal Science, bumblebees can learn about an object using one sense and recognize it later using another.
In the lab, scientists trained the bumblebees to distinguish between cubes and spheres without being able to touch the objects. Scientists used sugar water as a reward for the correct selection, while those that chose the wrong shape got a bitter quinine solution.
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