Honeybees can discriminate between Monet and Picasso paintings

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 199, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 45-55

  Wu, Wen ^a   Moreno, Antonio M ^a,b   Tangen, Jason M ^a   Reinhard, Judith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Generalization; Honeybee; Learning; Vision

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LEARNING; MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REWARD; VISION;

ANIMALS; BEES; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REWARD; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84871929184     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-012-0767-5     Document Type: Article

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