Aversive gustatory learning and perception in honey bees
Abstract Taste perception allows discriminating edible from non-edible items and is crucial for survival. In the honey bee, the gustatory sense has remained largely unexplored, as tastants have been traditionally used as reinforcements rather than as stimuli to be learned and discriminated. Here we...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2018-01-01
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Series: | Scientific Reports |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-19715-1 |