Cammaerts, Marie-Claire and Cammaerts, Roger (2018) Ants Are at the First Stage of the Notion of Zero. International Journal of Biology, 11 (1). pp. 54-65. ISSN 1916-9671
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.5539/ijb.v11n1p54
Abstract
The notion of zero is rarely apprehended by animals. We examined if ants possess this ability in four experiments, each time using two colonies and operant conditioning. Ants succeeded in significantly comprehending the absence of a cue, but not as well as learning an existing cue, and they soon lost their learning. Ants thus have a sensory notion of the absence of an item, but not the abstract notion of a sensu stricto mathematical zero.
Item Type: | Article |
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Subjects: | Souths Book > Biological Science |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email support@southsbook.com |
Date Deposited: | 17 May 2023 06:42 |
Last Modified: | 20 Sep 2024 04:38 |
URI: | http://research.europeanlibrarypress.com/id/eprint/917 |