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The neural basis of learning is one of the most interesting unsolved problems of neurobiology. Although there has been significant progress in the analysis of the physiological mechanisms underlying simple forms of learning in mollusks (Kandel 1976), it is not clear whether these cellular mechanisms are the same throughout phylogeny. In contrast to work with mollusks, learning studies in insects can rely on a large variety of different behaviors and many different types of learning can be investigated, ranging from non-associative habituation to operant conditioning. On the other hand, the advances of electrophysiology over the past years enable us to record from very small neurons in insects and to correlate the physiological properties of these cells with behavior (Hoyle, this vol.).
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Erber, J. (1983). The Search for Neural Correlates of Learning in the Honeybee. In: Huber, F., Markl, H. (eds) Neuroethology and Behavioral Physiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-69271-0_16
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