On the encoding of movement vectors by honeybees. Are distance and direction represented independently?

Journal of Comparative Physiology - A Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 179, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 395-406

  Collett, T S ^a   Baron, J ^a   Sellen, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Honeybees; Motor trajectories; Path integration; Vector averaging

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029800196     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00194993     Document Type: Article

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