Behavioral and neural analysis of associative learning in the honeybee: A taste from the magic well

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

Volumn 193, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 801-824

  Giurfa, Martin ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Cognition; Honeybee; Learning; Memory; Perception

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL MODEL; BEE; COGNITION; LEARNING; MEMORY; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COGNITION; MEMORY; MODELS, ANIMAL; NEURONS;

EID: 34547191667     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-007-0235-9     Document Type: Review

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