Probing perception in a miniature brain: Pattern recognition and maze navigation in honeybees

Zoology

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 246-259

  Srinivasan, Mandyam ^a   Zhang, Shao Wu ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Honeybee; Maze learning; Navigation; Pattern recognition; Perception; Vision

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038936053     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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