Swarm cognition in honey bees
Swarm cognition in honey bees
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DOI：
10.1007/s00265-007-0468-1
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发表时间：
2008-01-01
影响因子：
2.3
通讯作者：
Visscher, P. Kirk
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作者：
Passino, Kevin M.;Seeley, Thomas D.;Visscher, P. Kirk
我们综合了神经科学、心理学和行为生物学的研究结果，表明脊椎动物基于神经元的大脑中的一些关键认知特征也存在于基于昆虫的蜜蜂群中。我们提出了我们的想法的背景下，巢址选择的认知任务的蜜蜂群。在回顾了分布式证据收集和处理的机制，在蜂群决策的基础上，我们指出了许多相似之处，在脊椎动物的大脑和蜜蜂群的功能组织。这些包括相互连接的亚单位的存在，信息的并行处理，空间分布的记忆，信息的分层处理，侧抑制，以及将注意力集中在关键刺激上的机制。我们还审查了标准的心理测试决策模拟集群的性能：测试的歧视能力和评估的干扰效果。
We synthesize findings from neuroscience, psychology, and behavioral biology to show that some key features of cognition in the neuron-based brains of vertebrates are also present in the insect-based swarm of honey bees. We present our ideas in the context of the cognitive task of nest-site selection by honey bee swarms. After reviewing the mechanisms of distributed evidence gathering and processing that are the basis of decision making in bee swarms, we point out numerous similarities in the functional organization of vertebrate brains and honey bee swarms. These include the existence of interconnected subunits, parallel processing of information, a spatially distributed memory, layered processing of information, lateral inhibition, and mechanisms of focusing attention on critical stimuli. We also review the performance of simulated swarms in standard psychological tests of decision making: tests of discrimination ability and assessments of distractor effects.