Sensorimotor learning in bumblebees: Long-term retention and reversal training

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 201, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 515-524

  Chittka, Lars ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bombus impatiens; Bombus occidentalis; Bumblebees; Long term memory; Memory capacity; Motor learning; Reversal learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031932060     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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