Performance of honeybees in reversal and ambiguous-cue problems: Tests of a choice model
Tóm tắt
Individual honeybees visiting the laboratory regularly for food were trained in a variety of discrimination-reversal and ambiguous-cue problems to choose between two differently scented targets, of which one or the other contained sucrose solution. The training was simulated with a set of equations for predicting choice on the basis of associative strength, and the accuracy of prediction was indexed by the root-mean-square deviation of simulated data from obtained data. Developed earlier on the basis of performance in other problems (Couvillon & Bitterman, 1985), the model proved adequate for the new problems as well.
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