Contextual modulation of visuomotor associations in bumble-bees (Bombus terrestris)

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1436, 1999, Pages 2413-2418

  Colborn, Matthew ^a   Ahmad Annuar, Azlina ^a   Fauria, Karine ^a   Collett, Thomas S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bumble bees; Contextual cues; Orientation detectors; Visual pattern learning

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BEE; COMPETITION; FOOD; LEARNING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

ANIMALIA; APOIDEA; BOMBUS (GENUS); BOMBUS PENNSYLVANICUS; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS;

EID: 0033534002     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0940     Document Type: Article

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