Associative visual learning, color discrimination, and chromatic adaptation in the harnessed honeybee Apis mellifera L.
Associative visual learning, color discrimination, and chromatic adaptation in the harnessed honeybee Apis mellifera L.
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DOI：
10.1007/s00359-005-0091-4
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发表时间：
2006-07-01
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2.1
通讯作者：
Kubo, Takeo
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作者：
Hori, Sayaka;Takeuchi, Hideaki;Kubo, Takeo
我们研究了用单色光训练的被驾驭的蜜蜂的联想视觉学习，并将蔗糖溶液输送到触角和鼻子上，以诱发鼻子延伸反射(PER)。在这些条件下，我们展示了视觉学习的五个特性。首先，剥夺触角显著增加了视觉获取，这表明触角的感觉输入干扰了视觉学习。第二，用银糊剂覆盖复眼显著降低视觉获得，而覆盖眼球细胞则没有。第三，护士蜂、守卫蜂和觅食者在视觉习得上没有显著差异。第四，接受540 nm光刺激的蜜蜂表现出618 nm的光诱导PER，但没有439 nm的光刺激。最后，接受540 nm光刺激的蜜蜂在439 nm光关闭后立即表现出PER，这表明蜜蜂对先前适应可能类似于540 nm光的439 nm光所产生的后像有反应。
We studied associative visual learning in harnessed honeybees trained with monochromatic lights associated with a reward of sucrose solution delivered to the antennae and proboscis, to elicit the proboscis extension reflex (PER). We demonstrated five properties of visual learning under these conditions. First, antennae deprivation significantly increased visual acquisition, suggesting that sensory input from the antennae interferes with visual learning. Second, covering the compound eyes with silver paste significantly decreased visual acquisition, while covering the ocelli did not. Third, there was no significant difference in the visual acquisition between nurse bees, guard bees, and foragers. Fourth, bees conditioned with a 540-nm light stimulus exhibited light-induced PER with a 618-nm, but not with a 439-nm light stimulus. Finally, bees conditioned with a 540-nm light stimulus exhibited PER immediately after the 439-nm light was turned off, suggesting that the bees reacted to an afterimage induced by prior adaptation to the 439-nm light that might be similar to the 540-nm light.