Insects possess miniature brains but exhibit a sophisticated behavioral repertoire. Recent
studies have reported the existence of unsuspected cognitive capabilities in various insect …

Insects possess small brains but exhibit sophisticated behavioral performances. Recent
works have reported the existence of unsuspected cognitive capabilities in various insect …

Learning theories distinguish elemental from configural learning based on their different
complexity. Although the former relies on simple and unambiguous links between the …

Visual learning admits different levels of complexity, from the formation of a simple
associative link between a visual stimulus and its outcome, to more sophisticated …

Highlights•Studies in social bees have proposed various forms of sophisticated
cognition.•Bees display a variety of cognitive phenomena including attention, social learning …

Animal behavior is shaped both by evolution and by individual experience. Parallel brain
pathways encode innate and learned valences of cues, but the way in which they are …

Insects feature some of the most complex societies in the animal kingdom, but a historic
perception persists that such complexity emerges from interactions between individuals …

Concepts act as a cornerstone of human cognition. Humans and non-human primates learn
conceptual relationships such as 'same','different','larger than','better than', among others. In …

Learning and memory, defined as the acquisition and retention of neuronal representations
of new information, are ubiquitous among insects. Recent research indicates that a variety of …

Behavioral responses are influenced by knowledge acquired during the lifetime of an
individual and by predispositions transmitted across generations. Establishing the origin of …