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| 자료유형 | 단행본 |
|---|---|
| 서명/저자사항 | The mind of a bee/ Lars Chittka. |
| 개인저자 | Chittka, Lars,1963- author. |
| 형태사항 | 1 online resource (vii, 260 pages): illustrations (chiefly color). |
| 기타형태 저록 | Print version: Chittka, Lars, 1963- Mind of a bee. Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2022 9780691180472 |
| ISBN | 9780691236247 0691236240 |
| 서지주기 | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 내용주기 | Introduction -- Seeing in strange colors -- The alien sensory world of bees -- "It's just instinct", or is it? -- The roots of bee intelligence and communication -- Learning about space -- Learning about flowers -- From social learning to "swarm intelligence" -- The brains behind it all -- "Personality" differences between bees -- Do bees have consciousness? -- Afterword : What our knowledge of bees' minds means for their conservation. |
| 요약 | A rich and surprising exploration of the intelligence of bees. Most of us are aware of the hive mind--the power of bees as an amazing collective. But do we know how uniquely intelligent bees are as individuals? In The Mind of a Bee, Lars Chittka draws from decades of research, including his own pioneering work, to argue that bees have remarkable cognitive abilities. He shows that they are profoundly smart, have distinct personalities, can recognize flowers and human faces, exhibit basic emotions, count, use simple tools, solve problems, and learn by observing others. They may even possess consciousness. Taking readers deep into the sensory world of bees, Chittka illustrates how bee brains are unparalleled in the animal kingdom in terms of how much sophisticated material is packed into their tiny nervous systems. He looks at their innate behaviors and the ways their evolution as foragers may have contributed to their keen spatial memory. Chittka also examines the psychological differences between bees and the ethical dilemmas that arise in conservation and laboratory settings because bees feel and think. Throughout, he touches on the fascinating history behind the study of bee behavior. Exploring an insect whose sensory experiences rival those of humans, The Mind of a Bee reveals the singular abilities of some of the world's most incredible creatures.-- |
| 해제 | Provided by publisher. |
| 일반주제명 | Bees --Psychology. Bees --Behavior. NATURE --Animals --Insects & Spiders. |
| 언어 | 영어 |
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