Operant conditioning of antennal movements in the honey bee

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 93-102

  Kisch, Johannes ^a   Erber, Joachim ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antennal system; Honeybee; Learning preparation; Operant conditioning; Reversal learning

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTENNA; ARTICLE; HONEYBEE; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MOTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BEES; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; MOTOR NEURONS; MOVEMENT; MUSCLES; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; REVERSAL LEARNING; SENSE ORGANS;

EID: 0033557406     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(98)00076-X     Document Type: Article

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