[SydPhil] MQ Philosophy Seminar on Tuesday the 4th of October: Andrew B. Barron (MQ)

[Adam Hochman]

The capacities of the honey bee brain

Andrew B. Barron (MQ)

Date: Tuesday, 4th of October
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Venue: W6A 107, Macquarie University

ABSTRACT: The honey bee brain is minute: about 1 cubic millimetre in volume for the central brain, and containing less than a million neurons.  And yet remarkable claims have been made for the behavioural capacities of bees.  These include abstract concept learning, emotion-like behaviour and a basic form of awareness.  Here I will review how the bee brain is able to support these behavioural capacities from a mechanistic and comparative neurobiological perspective.

Contact: Adam Hochman (adam.hochman at mq.edu.au<mailto:adam.hochman at mq.edu.au>) or Mike Olson (michael.olson at mq.edu.au<mailto:michael.olson at mq.edu.au>)

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Adam Hochman
Macquarie University Research Fellow

Department of Philosophy | W6A, Room 733
Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia

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Personal Website | adamhochman.com

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