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Neonicotinoids impair cognitive behaviors in bees beyond navigation
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Multiple peer-reviewed studies establish that neonicotinoid pesticides impair cognitive behaviors in bees beyond navigation, including learning, memory, and sensory processing.

Evidence for · 6
An update of the Worldwide Integrated Assessment (WIA) on systemic insecticides. Part 2: impacts on organisms and ecosystems.
2021 · cited by 123
This review highlights widespread evidence that neonicotinoids cause sublethal neurobehavioral and cognitive impairments across multiple organism groups, including bees.
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The retrieved literature extensively documents that neonicotinoids cause sublethal neurobehavioral deficits in bees, specifically impacting learning, memory, and cognitive processing beyond mere navigational failures. No studies refute the claim.

More for · 5
Modality-specific impairment of learning by a neonicotinoid pesticide.
2019 · cited by 43
This study demonstrates that neonicotinoids impair specific cognitive tasks like scent learning in bees while sparing other modalities.
Neonicotinoids disrupt memory, circadian behaviour and sleep.
2021 · cited by 41
This research shows that neonicotinoids disrupt fundamental cognitive and behavioral processes such as memory, circadian rhythms, and sleep in insects.
Neonicotinoid effects on tropical bees: Imidacloprid impairs innate appetitive responsiveness, learning and memory in the stingless bee Melipona quadrifasciata.
2023 · cited by 23
This study finds that imidacloprid impairs learning, memory, and innate responsiveness in tropical stingless bees.
Chronic larval exposure to thiacloprid impairs honeybee antennal selectivity, learning and memory performances.
2023 · cited by 14
This study reports that chronic larval exposure to thiacloprid impairs olfactory learning and memory performances in honeybees.
The Neonicotinoid Imidacloprid Impairs Learning, Locomotor Activity Levels, and Sucrose Solution Consumption in Bumblebees (Bombus terrestris)
2023 · cited by 10
This research indicates that imidacloprid exposure impairs learning, locomotor activity, and sucrose consumption in bumblebees.
Everything we examined (12)
  1. An update of the Worldwide Integrated Assessment (WIA) on systemic insecticides. Part 2: impacts on organisms and ecosystems.peer-reviewedsupports
  2. Neonicotinoids target distinct nicotinic acetylcholine receptors and neurons, leading to differential risks to bumblebees.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  3. A neonicotinoid pesticide impairs foraging, but not learning, in free-flying bumblebees.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  4. Modality-specific impairment of learning by a neonicotinoid pesticide.peer-reviewedsupports
  5. Neonicotinoids disrupt memory, circadian behaviour and sleep.peer-reviewedsupports
  6. Neonicotinoid effects on tropical bees: Imidacloprid impairs innate appetitive responsiveness, learning and memory in the stingless bee Melipona quadrifasciata.peer-reviewedsupports
  7. Secondary Metabolites in Nectar-Mediated Plant-Pollinator Relationships.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  8. Honey Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Decrease Foraging But Not Recruitment After Neonicotinoid Exposure.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  9. Chronic larval exposure to thiacloprid impairs honeybee antennal selectivity, learning and memory performances.peer-reviewedsupports
  10. Impairments in learning and memory performances associated with nicotinic receptor expression in the honeybee Apis mellifera after exposure to a sublethal dose of sulfoxaflor.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  11. The Neonicotinoid Imidacloprid Impairs Learning, Locomotor Activity Levels, and Sucrose Solution Consumption in Bumblebees (Bombus terrestris)peer-reviewedsupports
  12. Odor-Pollution From Fungicides Disrupts Learning and Recognition of a Common Floral Scent in Bumblebees (Bombus impatiens)peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
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