Multiple reversal olfactory learning in honeybees

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 4, Issue JUL, 2010, Pages

  Mota, Theo ^a   Giurfa, Martin ^a  

^a Université Paul Sabatier   (France)

Author keywords

Honeybee; Learning; Multiple reversal; Olfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867642278     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2010.00048     Document Type: Article

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