Honey bees selectively avoid difficult choices

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 47, 2013, Pages 19155-19159

  Perry, Clint J ^a   Barron, Andrew B ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APIS MELLIFERA; ARTICLE; BRAIN; COGNITION; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONFUSION (UNCERTAINTY); DECISION MAKING; HONEYBEE; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNISHMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

COMPARATIVE COGNITION; CONFIDENCE; CONSCIOUSNESS; INVERTEBRATE; SOCIAL INSECT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; BEES; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84888079147     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1314571110     Document Type: Article

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