Categorization of visual stimuli in the honeybee Apis mellifera

Animal Cognition

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 257-270

  Benard, Julie ^a   Stach, Silke ^a,b   Giurfa, Martin ^a  

^a Université Paul Sabatier   (France)

^b Länderinstitut für Bienenkunde Hohen Neuendorf eV ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Categorization; Cognition; Honeybee; Insect; Vision

Indexed keywords

APIS MELLIFERA; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL; BEE; CLASSIFICATION; COGNITION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; LEARNING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; VISION;

ANIMALS; BEES; CLASSIFICATION; COGNITION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; GENERALIZATION, STIMULUS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 34547154595     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-006-0032-9     Document Type: Review

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