Multimodal information processing and associative learning in the insect brain

D Thiagarajan, S Sachse - Insects, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Insect behaviors are a great indicator of evolution and provide useful
information about the complexity of organisms. The realistic sensory scene of an …

Reinforcement learning as a robotics-inspired framework for insect navigation: from spatial representations to neural implementation

S Lochner, D Honerkamp, A Valada… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Bees are among the master navigators of the insect world. Despite impressive advances in
robot navigation research, the performance of these insects is still unrivaled by any artificial …

Visual learning in a virtual reality environment upregulates immediate early gene expression in the mushroom bodies of honey bees

H Geng, G Lafon, A Avarguès-Weber, A Buatois… - Communications …, 2022 - nature.com
Free-flying bees learn efficiently to solve numerous visual tasks. Yet, the neural
underpinnings of this capacity remain unexplored. We used a 3D virtual reality (VR) …

Complex preference relationships between native and non-native angiosperms and foraging insect visitors in a suburban greenspace under field and laboratory …

SR Howard, MRE Symonds - The Science of Nature, 2023 - Springer
The introduction and spread of non-native flora threatens native pollinators and plants. Non-
native angiosperms can compete with native plants for pollinators, space, and other …

The neural signature of visual learning under restrictive virtual-reality conditions

G Lafon, H Geng, A Avarguès-Weber… - Frontiers in Behavioral …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Honey bees are reputed for their remarkable visual learning and navigation capabilities.
These capacities can be studied in virtual reality (VR) environments, which allow studying …

Visual learning in tethered bees modifies flight orientation and is impaired by epinastine

N Kobayashi, Y Hasegawa, R Okada… - Journal of Comparative …, 2023 - Springer
Visual-orientation learning of a tethered flying bee was investigated using a flight simulator
and a novel protocol in which orientation preference toward trained visual targets was …

Efficient visual learning by bumble bees in virtual‐reality conditions: Size does not matter

G Lafon, M Paoli, BH Paffhausen, GB Sanchez… - Insect …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Recent developments allowed establishing virtual‐reality (VR) setups to study multiple
aspects of visual learning in honey bees under controlled experimental conditions. Here, we …

Visual discrimination learning in the Australian stingless bee Tetragonula carbonaria (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

F Mourmourakis, AB Barron - Austral Entomology, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Karl von Frisch's ground‐breaking research first demonstrated visual learning in the
European honey bee (Apis mellifera). The study of Australian native bees and their cognitive …

Usage of a Sensory-Motor Intervention System for Understanding the Adaptive Behavior of Insects

S Shigaki, N Ando - Applied Sciences, 2024 - mdpi.com
Despite their diminutive neural systems, insects exhibit sophisticated adaptive behaviors in
diverse environments. An insect receives various environmental stimuli through its sensory …

Technological advances for getting insight into the learning capacities of birds in the vocal domain

S Derégnaucourt, A Araguas, B Guellaï - Interaction Studies, 2023 - jbe-platform.com
Birds produce different types of sounds in different contexts such as begging for food in
youngsters, alerting to a danger, defending a territory or attracting a sexual partner. About …