Remembrance Of Tussles Past: Paper Wasps Show Surprisingly Strong Memory For Previous Encounters
Thursday, October 2, 2008 - 22:28
in Psychology & Sociology
With brains less than a millionth the size of humans', paper wasps hardly seem like mental giants. But new research shows that these insects can remember individuals for at least a week, even after meeting and interacting with many other wasps in the meantime.