2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Mutimodal learning in butterflies
| Project/Area Number |
23570039
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Ecology/Environment
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| Research Institution | Kinki University |
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Principal Investigator |
KANDORI Ikuo 近畿大学, 農学部, 准教授 (00319659)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
OHMURA Hisashi 広島大学, 生物圏科学研究科, 准教授 (60335635)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2013
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| Keywords | モンシロチョウ / 報酬トレーニング / 学習速度 / 2モード情報 / 人工花 / メチルヘプテノン / フェニルアセトアルデヒド |
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| Research Abstract |
This study examined whether butterflies can learn two modalities, i.e., color and odor, during foraging for flowers. The first experiment revealed that Peris rapae butterflies can learn floral odor by dual conditioning of reward and punishment. The second experiment revealed that they also can learn floral odor by reward conditioning alone. The third experiment revealed not only that butterflies can learn floral color and odor simultaneously, but also that they can enhance the abilities to discriminate flowers by learning two modalities rather than one modality.
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Research Products
(2 results)
