2022.12.04

大出蜂頭

誰能想到蘑菇會彼此放電，產生類似人語的詞彙？而蜜蜂會玩耍自娛，還有左小右大的心理空間數感，更充當起助產士？這些擬人化的答案，都是見證心智能力生物基礎的核心概念。

圖源／Martin Giurfa, Claire Marcout, Peter Hilpert, Catherine Thevenot and Rosa Rugani. An insect brain organizes numbers on a left-to-right mental number line. PNAS 2022 Vol. 119 No. 44

圖源／Martin Giurfa, Claire Marcout, Peter Hilpert, Catherine Thevenot and Rosa Rugani. An insect brain organizes numbers on a left-to-right mental number line. PNAS 2022 Vol. 119 No. 44

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