For stressed bees, the glass is half empty

Thursday, June 2, 2011 - 13:30 in Psychology & Sociology

When people are depressed or anxious, they are much more likely to see their glass as half empty than half full. In tough times, evidence of that same pessimistic outlook can be seen in dogs, rats, and birds. Now, researchers show that bees, too, share those very same hallmarks of negative emotion.

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