The Preference for Symmetry in Flower-Naive and Not-so-Naive Bumblebees

Autor/inn/en	Plowright, C. M. S.; Evans, S. A.; Leung, J. Chew; Collin, C. A.
Titel	The Preference for Symmetry in Flower-Naive and Not-so-Naive Bumblebees
Quelle	In: Learning and Motivation, 42 (2011) 1, S.76-83 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0023-9690
DOI	10.1016/j.lmot.2010.08.009
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Abstract	Truly flower-naive bumblebees, with no prior rewarded experience for visits on any visual patterns outside the colony, were tested for their choice of bilaterally symmetric over asymmetric patterns in a radial-arm maze. No preference for symmetry was found. Prior training with rewarded black and white disks did, however, lead to a significant preference for symmetry. The preference was not specific to symmetry along the vertical axis: a preference for horizontal symmetry was found as well. The results challenge the notion that a preference for bilateral symmetry is unlearned. The preference for symmetry was the product of non-differential conditioning. (Contains 2 figures and 5 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10