Stimuli that fit: a biology-aligned approach to numerical cognition research
Mirko Zanon·Scarlett R. Howard·Jair E. García·Adrian G. Dyer·Aurore Avarguès‐Weber·Martin Giurfa·Andrew D. Greentree·Giorgio Vallortigara
Abstract Understanding the mechanisms underlying animal cognition requires experimental designs and analyses that respect the biological and perceptual constraints of the species being studied. We address an ongoing debate regarding the role of visual spatial frequency in numerical cognition studies, using honeybees (Apis mellifera) as a model system. Prior analyses that excluded the low spatial frequencies known to be fundamental to how these insects use their spatial vision may have introduced