Aversive learning overcomes appetitive innate responding in honeybees

Animal Cognition

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 135-141

  Roussel, Edith ^a,b   Padie, Sophie ^a,b   Giurfa, Martin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Aversive conditioning; Cognition; Honeybees; Learning; Memory; Pheromones

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEE; CONDITIONING; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PUNISHMENT;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEES; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); ODORS; PUNISHMENT;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84855211507     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-011-0426-1     Document Type: Article

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