Cognitive aging is linked to social role in honey bees (Apis mellifera)

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1146-1153

  Behrends, Andreas ^a   Scheiner, Ricarda ^a   Baker, Nicholas ^b   Amdam, Gro V ^b,c  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Associative learning; Behavior; Gustatory responsiveness; Olfactory conditioning; Plasticity of aging; Proboscis extension response; Senescence; Social role

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FORAGING; HONEYBEE; LEARNING; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NESTING; NONHUMAN; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENESCENCE; SMELLING; SOCIAL ASPECT;

AGING; ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; SMELL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 35848964794     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2007.09.003     Document Type: Article

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