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ArticleeLife2024

Does bumblebee preference of continuous over interrupted strings in string-pulling tasks indicate means-end comprehension?

Chao Wen, Yuyi Lu, Cwyn Solvi, Shunping Dong, Cai Wang, Xiujun Wen, Haijun Xiao, Shikui Dong, Junbao Wen, Fei Peng and 1 more

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Article in eLife, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Chao Wen *School of Grassland Science, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5650-3454
Yuyi Lu *Biological and Experimental Psychology, School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom.
Cwyn SolviGuangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Center for Brain Science and Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2517-6179
Shunping DongBeijing Key Laboratory for Forest Pest Control, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China.
Cai WangCollege of Forestry and Landscape Architecture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China.
Xiujun WenCollege of Forestry and Landscape Architecture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China.
Haijun XiaoSchool of Grassland Science, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0832-0493
Shikui DongSchool of Grassland Science, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China.
Junbao WenBeijing Key Laboratory for Forest Pest Control, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China.
Fei PengDepartment of Psychology, School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1637-5611
Lars ChittkaBiological and Experimental Psychology, School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8153-1732

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 32271888National Natural Science Foundation of China 32301292TWCF TWCF-2020-0539
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bumblebees (

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ComprehensionAnimalsBeesBehavior, AnimalFlowersRewardassociative learningecologyfeature generalisationimage matching

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