ArticleNeurobiology of learning and memory2010
Brain composition and olfactory learning in honey bees.
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- When a bigger brain is better: The case of bee olfactory learning.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026Article
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- Insecticide exposure during brood or early-adult development reduces brain growth and impairs adult learning in bumblebees.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2020Article
- No gains for bigger brains: Functional and neuroanatomical consequences of relative brain size in a parasitic wasp.Journal of evolutionary biology · 2019Article
- Nasonia Parasitic Wasps Escape from Haller's Rule by Diphasic, Partially Isometric Brain-Body Size Scaling and Selective Neuropil Adaptations.Brain, behavior and evolution · 2017Article
- Comparison of Navigation-Related Brain Regions in Migratory versus Non-Migratory Noctuid Moths.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2017Article
- Differential investment in visual and olfactory brain areas reflects behavioural choices in hawk moths.Scientific reports · 2016Article
- Exploring miniature insect brains using micro-CT scanning techniques.Scientific reports · 2016Article
- Investment in higher order central processing regions is not constrained by brain size in social insects.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2014Article
- Evolutionary ecology of intraspecific brain size variation: a review.Ecology and evolution · 2013Article
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Abstract
Correlations between brain or brain component size and behavioral measures are frequently studied by comparing different animal species, which sometimes introduces variables that complicate interpretation in terms of brain function. Here, we have analyzed the brain composition of honey bees (Apis mellifera) that have been individually tested in an olfactory learning paradigm. We found that the total brain size correlated with the bees' learning performance. Among different brain components, only the mushroom body, a structure known to be involved in learning and memory, showed a positive correlation with learning performance. In contrast, visual neuropils were relatively smaller in bees that performed better in the olfactory learning task, suggesting modality-specific behavioral specialization of individual bees. This idea is also supported by inter-individual differences in brain composition. Some slight yet statistically significant differences in the brain composition of European and Africanized honey bees are reported. Larger bees had larger brains, and by comparing brains of different sizes, we report isometric correlations for all brain components except for a small structure, the central body.
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