Learning reward expectations in honeybees

Learning and Memory

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 491-496

  Gil, Mariana ^a   De Marco, Rodrigo J ^a   Menzel, Randolf ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUGAR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPECTATION; EXPERIENCE; FEEDING; FORAGING; HONEYBEE; LEARNING; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; REWARD; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TRAINING;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; BEES; COLOR; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLOWERS; MEMORY; REWARD;

EID: 34547633097     PISSN: 10720502     EISSN: 15495485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/lm.618907     Document Type: Article

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