Origins of brain asymmetry: Lateralization of odour memory recall in primitive Australian stingless bees

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 224, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 121-127

  Frasnelli, Elisa ^a   Vallortigara, Giorgio ^b   Rogers, Lesley J ^c  

^a KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND COGNITION RESEARCH   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian stingless bees; Behavioural asymmetry; Evolution; Lateralization; Olfactory memory

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AUSTROPLEBEIA AUSTRALIS; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; LEMON; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY MEMORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; SENSORY STIMULATION; STINGLESS BEE; TRIGONA CARBONARIA; TRIGONA HOCKINGSI; VANILLA;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; ODORS; SMELL;

EID: 79959535757     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2011.05.026     Document Type: Article

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