Cross-Modal Object Recognition in Bumble Bees

Amelia Kowalewskaand Joanna Brebner

The ability to experience an object in one sensory modality and later recognize it in another is called cross-modal object recognition. It’s actually a highly complex cognitive capacity thought to be limited to vertebrates. Now, a group of researchers from Queen Mary University of London and Macquarie University in Australia show that bumble bees are capable of performing this task, raising questions of bees’ mental imagery and awareness.

Read my latest post at my Animal Minds blog: Bumble Bees Can Recognize Objects Across Senses.