Learning by observation emerges from simple associations in an insect model

Current Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 727-730

  Dawson, Erika H ^a   Avarguès Weber, Aurore ^a   Chittka, Lars ^a   Leadbeater, Ellouise ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; COLOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLOWER; LEARNING; PHYSIOLOGY; REWARD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; BEES; COLOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLOWERS; REWARD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; APOIDEA; AVES; HEXAPODA; PRIMATES; RODENTIA;

EID: 84876753288     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2013.03.035     Document Type: Article

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