Wahooti Fandango
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I'll bee: insects recall faces
BRIDIE SMITH
January 30, 2010
FOR decades it's been thought that primates were the only ones with brains sophisticated enough to use ''configural processing'' to recognise faces. But a study has smashed that theory, indicating that a relatively simple brain - the tiny bee brain - uses this complex method as well.
http://www.theage.com.au/national/ill-bee-insects-recall-faces-20100129-n46h.html
http://jeb.biologists.org/cgi/content/full/213/4/i
Maybe we are not so special after all.
BRIDIE SMITH
January 30, 2010
FOR decades it's been thought that primates were the only ones with brains sophisticated enough to use ''configural processing'' to recognise faces. But a study has smashed that theory, indicating that a relatively simple brain - the tiny bee brain - uses this complex method as well.
http://www.theage.com.au/national/ill-bee-insects-recall-faces-20100129-n46h.html
http://jeb.biologists.org/cgi/content/full/213/4/i
Maybe we are not so special after all.