Ein einfacher zusammenhang zwischen der äquivalenzbeziehung und der unterschiedsempfindlichkeit für zwei musterparameter bei der honigbiene

Abstract

Bees were trained to react to differences both in the size and in the degree of greyness of discs. To measure the differential sensitivity on these parameters, differences in size and shade of grey (“Δ-intervals”) were established such as lead to a specific choice reaction (Fig. 3). The Δ-intervals may be described for both parameters by Weber's rule (Fig. 4). The main result is the following relationship between the differential sensitivity and the equivalence curve as defined by cross modality matching. The bee treats two discs, which differ from a reference disc in diameter or in degree of greyness, as equivalent when both differ from the reference disc by an equal number of Δ-intervals (Fig. 6). The choice reactions between the reference disc and the discs of the equivalent pair are the same for these parameters. This does not hold for another parameter (Fig. 7A and B). Problems of infering from the Δ-intervals to the differential sensitivity are then discussed.