Identification of a new contingency-based response in honey bees (Apis mellifera) through revision of the proboscis extension conditioning paradigm

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 479-491

  Buckbee, Dolores A ^a   Abramson, Charles I ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Classical conditioning; Conditioning methodology; Honey bees; Invertebrate learning; Proboscis extension response

Indexed keywords

APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 0030758793     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02765372     Document Type: Article

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