Remembrance of Tussles Past: Paper Wasps Show Surprisingly Strong Memory for Previous Encounters
Monday, September 22, 2008 - 11:28
in Psychology & Sociology
With brains less than a millionth the size of humans', paper wasps hardly seem like mental giants. But new research at the University of Michigan shows that these insects can remember individuals for at least a week, even after meeting and interacting with many other wasps in the meantime.