Aversive reinforcement improves visual discrimination learning in free-flying honeybees

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Aurorès Weber, Avargue ^a,b   de Brito Sanchez, Maria G ^a   Giurfa, Martin ^a   Dyer, Adrian G ^b  

^a Université Paul Sabatier   (France)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

QUININE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APPETITE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AVERSION; COLOR; COLOR DISCRIMINATION; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; HONEYBEE; HYPOTHESIS; MALAISE; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; REINFORCEMENT; SENSORY STIMULATION; TASTE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEES; VISION, OCULAR;

ANIMALIA; APOIDEA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 78149428039     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0015370     Document Type: Article

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