Bees, blindsight, and consciousness

Marco Tamietto; Davide Orsenigo; Lars Chittka

doi:10.1016/j.tics.2025.10.010

November 1, 2025Trends in Cognitive SciencesOpen Access

Bees, blindsight, and consciousness

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This research aims to explore the nature of visual consciousness in non-human animals, particularly in bees.
Discusses blindsight and its implications for non-conscious vision.
Uses bees as a case study to investigate visual consciousness.
Examines the neural basis for visual awareness in miniature brains.
Identifies the potential for non-conscious visual processing in bees.
Suggests that insights from bees might help understand visual consciousness in other species.

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Case study investigates visual perception in bees, suggesting minimal neural requirements for visual awareness.

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Blindsight patients lack conscious visual perception yet perform visual tasks effectively, suggesting many animals may similarly rely on non-conscious vision. Here, we discuss how to investigate visual consciousness in miniature brains, using bees as a case study. This new endeavor can reveal the minimal neural requirements for visual awareness.

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synapsesocial.com/papers/6925437fc0ce034ddc358d84 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2025.10.010

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