Recognition of human face images by the free flying wasp Vespula vulgaris

The capacity to recognize perceptually similar complex visual stimuli such as human faces has classically been thought to require a large primate, and/or mammalian brain with neurobiological adaptations. However, recent work suggests that the relatively small brain of a paper wasp, Polistes fuscatus...

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Main Authors: Aurore Avarguès-Weber, Daniele d’Amaro, Marita Metzler, Jair E. Garcia, Adrian G. Dyer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Animal Behavior and Cognition 2017-08-01
Series:Animal Behavior and Cognition
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Online Access:http://www.animalbehaviorandcognition.org/article.php?id=1095