Latent inhibition in the honey bee, Apis mellifera: Is it a unitary phenomenon?

Animal Cognition

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 805-815

  Chandra, Sathees B C ^a   Wright, Geraldine A ^b   Smith, Brian H ^c  

^a ROOSEVELT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Context; Honey bee; Latent inhibition; Mechanism; Olfaction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; CONDITIONING; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LEARNING; ODOR;

ANIMALS; BEES; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LEARNING; SMELL;

APIS MELLIFERA; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77958495812     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-010-0329-6     Document Type: Article

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