Sun-compass learning in insects: Representation in a simple mind

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 67-72

  Dyer, Fred C ^a   Dickinson, Jeffrey A ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0030305189     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8721.ep10772759     Document Type: Article

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