{"id":3900,"date":"2015-02-26T12:03:41","date_gmt":"2015-02-26T17:03:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/?p=3900"},"modified":"2015-03-01T11:41:32","modified_gmt":"2015-03-01T16:41:32","slug":"bumblebees-may-have-false-memories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/bumblebees-may-have-false-memories\/","title":{"rendered":"Bumblebees may have false memories"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3901\" style=\"width: 385px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/C5Kk9VjnB3nOh2uifUtxaB6FtYV8A5_5jV1rXwczrTVD3GRjPGLfaA9Vi-Li5VDHYJ6m33gLEhoibHMBeNza02LqIUREEyYrjLftQxXxj9WWtGyDElyTi6ysp4ugtGxRet0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3901\" class=\"wp-image-3901\" src=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/C5Kk9VjnB3nOh2uifUtxaB6FtYV8A5_5jV1rXwczrTVD3GRjPGLfaA9Vi-Li5VDHYJ6m33gLEhoibHMBeNza02LqIUREEyYrjLftQxXxj9WWtGyDElyTi6ysp4ugtGxRet0.jpg\" alt=\"The bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) may be able to create false memories over time in a fashion similar to people. (Image credit: Marko Kivel\u00e4, flickr.com)\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/C5Kk9VjnB3nOh2uifUtxaB6FtYV8A5_5jV1rXwczrTVD3GRjPGLfaA9Vi-Li5VDHYJ6m33gLEhoibHMBeNza02LqIUREEyYrjLftQxXxj9WWtGyDElyTi6ysp4ugtGxRet0.jpg 480w, http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/C5Kk9VjnB3nOh2uifUtxaB6FtYV8A5_5jV1rXwczrTVD3GRjPGLfaA9Vi-Li5VDHYJ6m33gLEhoibHMBeNza02LqIUREEyYrjLftQxXxj9WWtGyDElyTi6ysp4ugtGxRet0-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3901\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) may be able to create false memories over time in a fashion similar to people. (Image credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/marko_k\/202765727\">Marko Kivel\u00e4, flickr.com<\/a>)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>People are known to have false memories where they remember experiences that never occurred. Can these errors also occur in animals? Researchers have found that bumblebees may be capable of creating false memories.<\/p>\n<p>The researchers made this observation by training bumblebees to expect a reward \u00a0from either a solid coloured flower or a patterned one. then reversing the reward. The retrained bees were then more likely to frequent a third type of flower that combined the colour and pattern of the previous flower, having \u201cmerged\u2019 the memory of the flower types together.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cell.com\/current-biology\/abstract\/S0960-9822(15)00025-1\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Original research paper<\/span><\/a>\u00a0published in <em>Cell Press\u00a0<\/em>on\u00a0<strong>February 26<\/strong><span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_453723367\"><span class=\"aQJ\"><strong>, 2015<\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong>Names and affiliations of selected\u00a0authors<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Lars Chittka, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People are known to have false memories where they remember experiences that never occurred. Can these errors also occur in animals? Researchers have found that bumblebees may be capable of creating false memories. The researchers made this observation by training bumblebees to expect a reward \u00a0from either a solid coloured flower or a patterned one. 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