Associative learning and discrimination of motion cues in the harnessed honeybee Apis mellifera L.

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 193, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 825-833

  Hori, Sayaka ^a   Takeuchi, Hideaki ^a   Kubo, Takeo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Associative learning; Honeybee; Liquid crystal projector; Motion; Optic flow

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEE; COGNITION; LEARNING; MEMORY; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COGNITION; MEMORY; MOTION PERCEPTION; NEURONS; VISION;

EID: 34547141203     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-007-0234-x     Document Type: Article

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