Animals form perceptual associations through processes of learning, and retain that information through mechanisms of memory. Honeybees and bumblebees are classic models for insect perception and learning, and despite their small brains with about one million neurons, they are organized in highly social colonies and possess an astonishing rich behavioral repertoire including navigation, communication and cognition. Honeybees are able to harvest hundreds of morphologically divergent flower types in a quick and efficient manner to gain nutrition and, back in the hive, communicate discovered food sources to nest mates. To accomplish such complex tasks, bees must be equipped with diverse sensory organs receptive to stimuli of different modaliti...
There is evidence that pheromones are communicative signals in animals. However, the existence and f...
All living organisms leverage mechanisms and response systems to optimize reproduction, defense, sur...
This thesis investigates the relationship between eye movements, memory and thinking in five studies...
According to a changing environment it is crucial for animals to make experience and learn about it....
The behavior of honeybees and bumblebees relies on a constant sensory integration of abiotic or biot...
Cooperation is beneficial for social groups and is exemplified in its most sophisticated form in soc...
Pollinating insects exhibit a complex behavior while foraging for nectar and pollen. Many studies ha...
Addiction, as a chronic and relapsing condition, is defined as a disorder of the brain, characterize...
The olfactory sense is of utmost importance for honeybees, Apis mellifera. Honeybees use olfaction f...
The superfamiliy of bees, Apiformes, comprises more than 20,000 species. Within the group, the eusoc...
On one hand, the visual system has the ability to differentiate between very similar objects. On th...
I. Timing is a crucial feature in organisms that live within a variable and changing environment. Co...
Foraging behavior is a particularly fascinating topic within the studies of social insects. Decision...
An adequate task allocation among colony members is of particular importance in large insect societi...
The change of day and night is one of the challenges all organisms are exposed to, as they have to a...
There is evidence that pheromones are communicative signals in animals. However, the existence and f...
All living organisms leverage mechanisms and response systems to optimize reproduction, defense, sur...
This thesis investigates the relationship between eye movements, memory and thinking in five studies...
According to a changing environment it is crucial for animals to make experience and learn about it....
The behavior of honeybees and bumblebees relies on a constant sensory integration of abiotic or biot...
Cooperation is beneficial for social groups and is exemplified in its most sophisticated form in soc...
Pollinating insects exhibit a complex behavior while foraging for nectar and pollen. Many studies ha...
Addiction, as a chronic and relapsing condition, is defined as a disorder of the brain, characterize...
The olfactory sense is of utmost importance for honeybees, Apis mellifera. Honeybees use olfaction f...
The superfamiliy of bees, Apiformes, comprises more than 20,000 species. Within the group, the eusoc...
On one hand, the visual system has the ability to differentiate between very similar objects. On th...
I. Timing is a crucial feature in organisms that live within a variable and changing environment. Co...
Foraging behavior is a particularly fascinating topic within the studies of social insects. Decision...
An adequate task allocation among colony members is of particular importance in large insect societi...
The change of day and night is one of the challenges all organisms are exposed to, as they have to a...
There is evidence that pheromones are communicative signals in animals. However, the existence and f...
All living organisms leverage mechanisms and response systems to optimize reproduction, defense, sur...
This thesis investigates the relationship between eye movements, memory and thinking in five studies...