Visual modulation of olfactory learning in honeybees

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 201, Issue 14, 1998, Pages 2213-2217

  Gerber, Bertram ^a   Smith, Brian H ^b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Blocking; Classical conditioning; Honeybee; Learning; Memory; Olfaction; Reinforcement processing; Reward processing; Vision

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEE; LEARNING; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

ANIMALS; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; LEARNING; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

ANIMALIA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; INSECTA;

EID: 0032127706     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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