The honeybee Apis mellifera has emerged as a robust and influential model for the study of
classical conditioning, thanks to the existence of a powerful Pavlovian conditioning protocol …

Smelling monomolecular odors hardly ever occurs in everyday life, and the daily functioning
of the sense of smell relies primarily on the processing of complex mixtures of volatiles that …

Attract-and-kill has considerable potential as a tactic in integrated management of pests of
agricultural crops, but the use of sex pheromones as attractants is limited by male multiple …

The simplicity and accessibility of the olfactory systems of insects underlie a body of
research essential to understanding not only olfactory function but also general principles of …

With less than a million neurons, the western honeybee Apis mellifera is capable of complex
olfactory behaviors and provides an ideal model for investigating the neurophysiology of the …

Learning theories distinguish elemental from configural learning based on their different
complexity. Although the former relies on simple and unambiguous links between the …

Honeybees (Apis mellifera) are insects living in colonies with a complex social organization.
Their nest contains food stores in the form of honey and pollen, as well as the brood, the …

Honeybees are models for studying how animals with relatively small brains accomplish
complex cognition, displaying seemingly advanced (or" non-elemental") learning …

The honeybee Apis mellifera has been a central insect model in the study of olfactory
perception and learning for more than a century, starting with pioneer work by Karl von …

The main problem with sensory processing is the difficulty in relating sensory input to
physiological responses and perception. This is especially problematic at higher levels of …