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2 months ago | 
phys.org | Scarlett Howard |Adrian G. Dyer
Picture writing the numbers 1 to 5 in a horizontal line, from smallest to largest. Where did you put 1? If you placed 1 on the left and 5 on the right, you share this preference with most humans. Humans are not alone in this preference.
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2 months ago | 
theconversation.com | Scarlett Howard |Adrian G. Dyer
Picture writing the numbers 1 to 5 in a horizontal line, from smallest to largest. Where did you put 1? If you placed 1 on the left and 5 on the right, you share this preference with most humans. Humans are not alone in this preference. Some other primates, and even some birds, also order small-to-large quantities from left to right. Although, some animals do prefer to order quantities from right to left. This is known as the mental number line, and it shows how brains typically organise information.
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Jan 28, 2024 | 
hashtag.net.au | Adrian G. Dyer
Colourful flowers, and the insects and birds that fly among their dazzling displays, are a joy of nature. But how did early relationships between flower colour and animal pollinators emerge? In a study published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, we have unravelled this mystery by analysing the visual environments in which the ancestors of today’s bees foraged from flowers.
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Jan 26, 2024 | 
phys.org | Adrian G. Dyer |Alan Dorin |Jair Garcia |Mani Shrestha
Colorful flowers, and the insects and birds that fly among their dazzling displays, are a joy of nature. But how did early relationships between flower color and animal pollinators emerge?
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Jan 25, 2024 | 
theconversation.com | Adrian G. Dyer |Alan Dorin |Jair Garcia |Mani Shrestha
Colourful flowers, and the insects and birds that fly among their dazzling displays, are a joy of nature. But how did early relationships between flower colour and animal pollinators emerge? In a study published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, we have unravelled this mystery by analysing the visual environments in which the ancestors of today’s bees foraged from flowers.
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Jan 14, 2024 | 
theconversation.com | Scarlett Howard |Adrian G. Dyer
If you’ve ever been tricked by a visual illusion, you know the feeling of disconnect between what your eyes perceive and what is actually there. Visual illusions occur due to errors in our perception, causing us to misperceive certain characteristics of objects or scenes. As it turns out, many non-human animals also experience these effects, including illusions of item size, brightness, colour, shape, orientation, motion or quantity.
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Dec 22, 2023 | 
publish.csiro.au | Adrian G. Dyer |Mani Shrestha |Jair Garcia |Scarlett Howard
RESEARCH ARTICLE (Open Access) Previous Next Contents Vol 135 (2) Adrian G. Dyer, Mani Shrestha, Jair E. Garcia, Scarlett R. Howard, Malika Nisal Ratnayake and Alan Dorin Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 135(2) 20 - 29 Published: 22 December 2023 https://doi.org/10.1071/RS23003 © CSIRO 2023 PDF (3.3 MB) Export Citation Cited By (1)...
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Sep 9, 2023 | 
phys.org | Scarlett Howard |Adrian G. Dyer
Everybody loves bees, but their cousins the wasps often provoke a far less friendly reaction. The much-maligned insects often inspire fear, disgust or even the "kill it with fire" response.
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Sep 8, 2023 | 
theconversation.com | Scarlett Howard |Adrian G. Dyer
Everybody loves bees, but their cousins the wasps often provoke a far less friendly reaction. The much-maligned insects often inspire fear, disgust or even the “kill it with fire” response. The stereotypical wasp is the angular, angry-looking vespid with black and yellow stripes known as the European wasp (Vespula vulgaris). It has a reputation for aggression, stinging multiple times and contributing little to society.
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Aug 9, 2023 | 
theconversation.com | Adrian G. Dyer |Andrew Greentree |Jair Garcia
Sejak awal era elektronik, tidak pernah mudah bagi para peneliti untuk terlibat dengan masyarakat umum - mendapatkan akses ke sumber daya berharga yang sebelumnya tidak tersedia. Hal ini diilustrasikan dengan sempurna dalam publikasi terbaru kami yang memperkenalkan sebuah surat yang sebelumnya tidak dikenal yang ditulis pada 1949 oleh Albert Einstein.
