.... 2013 crayfish tailflip social hierarchy habituation retention Habituation is a well-known form of non-associative learning ( Thompson and Spencer, 1966 ) in which reflexive behavioural responses gradually reduce upon repeated stimulation. Habituation is subject to change, as has been...

... role. In the present paper, we tested whether chronological age, social role and the duration of performing this role affect tactile learning in honeybees. We compared acquisition, retention and discrimination between foragers with short and long foraging durations and age-matched nurse bees. Our data...