Memorising the Details
Complex visual tasks undertaken by bees incorporate both their long term memory
and short term (or working) memory (Pockley 2001). New stimuli must be compared
with information stored in the working memory of previous stimuli, and then this must
be applied to a learnt rule, which, once understood, is stored in long term memory (Pockley 2001).
Due to such a reduced number of neurons in the bee brain, it is unlikely that they are capable of utilising a large long term memory (Srinivasan 2010). Rather than
committing photographic images to memory, bees are believed to store patterns and
their properties, rules and cues for later use (Srinivasan 2010).
The working memory is important for storing information regarding matching stimulus. Experimentation where the distance between the sample stimuli and the comparison stimuli was regularly increased has shown that sample stimuli can be held in the
working memory for 5 seconds (Srinivasan 2010).
and short term (or working) memory (Pockley 2001). New stimuli must be compared
with information stored in the working memory of previous stimuli, and then this must
be applied to a learnt rule, which, once understood, is stored in long term memory (Pockley 2001).
Due to such a reduced number of neurons in the bee brain, it is unlikely that they are capable of utilising a large long term memory (Srinivasan 2010). Rather than
committing photographic images to memory, bees are believed to store patterns and
their properties, rules and cues for later use (Srinivasan 2010).
The working memory is important for storing information regarding matching stimulus. Experimentation where the distance between the sample stimuli and the comparison stimuli was regularly increased has shown that sample stimuli can be held in the
working memory for 5 seconds (Srinivasan 2010).