Cognition in insects

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 367, Issue 1603, 2012, Pages 2715-2722

  Webb, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Insect; Learning; Navigation; Perception; Robot

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; COGNITION; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; INSECT; LEARNING; NEUROLOGY; PERCEPTION; ROBOTICS;

EID: 84865410593     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2012.0218     Document Type: Review

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