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In the text, the word "responded" is a link to this study: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982211005446 https://www.sciencedirect.com/sc
by Footkerchief 4y ago
In the text, the word "responded" is a link to this study:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982211005446 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S096098221...
> A pessimistic cognitive bias is manifested in an increased tendency of subjects to classify stimuli as likely to predict punishment (or a reward of less value). We were able to use the same approach to test for cognitive biases in honeybees because bees are capable of associative learning and can base judgments about novel stimuli on previous experiences [24, 25, 26, 27]. Using an olfactory learning protocol for conditioned proboscis extension, we trained honeybees to extend their mouthparts to a two-component odor mixture (CS+) predicting a reward (e.g., 1.00 or 2.00 M sucrose) and to withhold their mouthparts from another mixture (CS−) predicting either punishment or a less valuable reward (e.g., 0.01 M quinine solution or 0.3 M sucrose; Figure 1).
- anm89 4y agoOk, I'll rollback on this one then. I still think this highlights an issue that drastically reduces credibility in this type of research when they try to overload words to try to make things sound more interesting to people. I would not call that a true overlap with the human trait of pessimism. But fair enough, at least it has a specific definition in this context which I figured it did not.
- exodust 4y agoI thought same thing as you initially, but "pessimism" is tied to anticipation of bad outcomes, which apparently was measured. Just makes the study all the more remarkable, and underscores the importance of animal welfare and habitat preservation.