Article on Bees and Cognitive Science

What is the main topic of the article?

• Bees making honey

• Bees solving math problems

• Bees' habitat

• Bees' role in pollination

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What did scientists used to believe about understanding numbers?

• Only humans could understand numbers

• Only bees could understand numbers

• Only a few primates and humans could understand numbers

• Only birds could understand numbers

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Who is Adrian Dyer?

• A cognitive scientist from RMIT University

• A biologist from New Mexico

• A physicist from Santa Fe

• A chemist from New York

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What color was the card if bees were supposed to subtract one shape?

(a)  

• Blue

• Red

• Yellow
• Green

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What would happen to a bee if it chose the wrong answer in the experiment?

• It would be given more sugar water

• It would be "punished" with quinine

• It would be allowed to try again

• It would be released from the experiment

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What did the researchers do to make sure the bees couldn't cheat?

• They used the same shapes on each card

• They printed different shapes on each card

• They allowed bees to follow each others' scent trails

• They used the same math problems repeatedly

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What does short-term memory help bees recall?

• The color of flowers

• The numbers in a particular problem

• The location of their hive

• The taste of nectar

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What did Dyer say humans never needed to do?

• Play complicated music

• Ride surfboards

• Both A and B

• Neither A nor B

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What does Dyer think when he observes a tiny animal with a tiny brain learning a complex task?

• How do they do it?

• What can humans achieve?

• Why can't humans do the same?

• This is impossible!

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