A Honeybee's Ability to Learn, Recognize, and Discriminate Odors Depends Upon Odor Sampling Time and Concentration

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 36-43

  Wright, Geraldine A ^a   Carlton, Michelle ^b   Smith, Brian H ^c  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

antennal lobe; honeybee; olfaction; speed accuracy trade off; temporal coding

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; BEES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; LOGISTIC MODELS; ODORS; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 60549085219     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014040     Document Type: Article

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