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The memory structure of navigation in honeybees

Randolf Menzel1, Uwe Greggers

  • 1Freie Universität, Berlin, Germany, menzel@neurobiologie.fu-berlin.de.

Journal of Comparative Physiology. A, Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology
|February 25, 2015
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Honeybees navigate using a cognitive map, an "action memory of spatial relations," not just sensory input. This mental map enables complex behaviors like planning routes and anticipating locations.

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