Configurai processing enables discrimination and categorization of face-like stimuli in honeybees

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 593-601

  Avargues Weber A ^a   Portelli, G ^a   Benard, J ^a   Dyer, A ^b   Giurfa, M ^a  

^a Université Paul Sabatier   (France)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Configural processing; Honeybee; Vision; Visual cognition

Indexed keywords

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; PRIMATES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BEE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FACE; HUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEES; CUES; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FACE; HUMANS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL;

EID: 76149093831     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.039263     Document Type: Article

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