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Lateralization of visual learning in the honeybee

2007; Royal Society; Volume: 4; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1098/rsbl.2007.0466

1744-957X

Pinar Letzkus, Norbert Boeddeker, Jeff T. Wood, Shaowu Zhang, Mandyam V. Srinivasan,

Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior

Lateralization is a well-described phenomenon in humans and other vertebrates and there are interesting parallels across a variety of different vertebrate species. However, there are only a few studies of lateralization in invertebrates. In a recent report, we showed lateralization of olfactory learning in the honeybee ( Apis mellifera ). Here, we investigate lateralization of another sensory modality, vision. By training honeybees on a modified version of a visual proboscis extension reflex task, we find that bees learn a colour stimulus better with their right eye.