Simulated Honeybees Can Use Simple Brain Circuits for Complex Learning (IMAGE)

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Simulated Honeybees Can Use Simple Brain Circuits for Complex Learning

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This is a frontal view of the honeybee head, with the main brain structures shown on the left. New modelling shows that bees can learn odours even in the absence of the mushroom bodies (MB), prominent dorsal structures of the bee brain thought to be the centers of intelligent behavior.

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Marie Guiraud, Axel Brockmann.

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