Social learning in insects: A higher-order capacity?

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue SEPTEMBER, 2012, Pages

  Giurfa, Martin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPETITE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BUMBLEBEE; COGNITION; CONDITIONING; COPULATION; CRICKET; DROSOPHILA; HONEYBEE; INSECT; MATING; NEMOBIUS SYLVESTRIS; NONHUMAN; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL LEARNING; SPIDER; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING;

EID: 84870746097     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2012.00057     Document Type: Article

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