蜜蜂在社会上学习的行为太复杂,无法单独创新.
Alice D Bridges1,2,3, Amanda Royka4,5, Tara Wilson4
1School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK. a.d.bridges@sheffield.ac.uk.
Nature
|March 6, 2024
概括
熊蜂通过社交学习复杂的行为来表现其文化, 比如打开一个两步式的拼图盒, 这挑战了这样一种学习是人类独有的观念.
科学领域:
- 行为学
- 动物的行为
- 认知科学
背景情况:
- 动物文化包括随着时间的推移而持续的社会学习行为.
- 在动物中越来越多地观察到累积培养,创新是建立在先前的基础上.
- 人类的累积文化包括太复杂的行为,
研究的目的:
- 在无脊椎动物物种中研究累积培养.
- 确定大黄蜂是否能够在社会上学习复杂的多步骤行为,
主要方法:
- 训练有素的熊蜂打开一个新的两步拼图盒.
- 通过社会观察来评估天真观察者熊蜂学习任务的能力.
- 将社会学习的成功与长期的个人学习尝试进行比较.
主要成果:
- 很大一部分幼稚的熊蜂从示范者那里学会了两步的拼图.
- 单独发现或创新复杂的行为.
- 即使中间步骤没有直接得到奖励,
结论:
- 熊蜂表现出累积的文化,通过社会学习获得复杂的行为.
- 这种能力挑战了复杂的社会学习是人类独有的概念.
- 社交学习促进了难以个人重新创新的行为传递.
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