LIFESCI 2D03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Learning

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When animals don"t learn they use their instincts Based on evolution: something that induces a reaction that will have a difference in fitness. Bees get their food from flowers, so its innate for them to fly towards flowers for food. But in a typical bee habitat there are hundreds of flower types in a variety of smells, colors and shapes. When the environment is high-high it means nothing new happens so no need to learn, when it is constantly changing no need to learn. Different flower species have different amounts of nectar. Solution: the bumblebee samples different species and learns which is the best flower in that bumblebee"s specific time and place. When there is no reliable association over many generations. But there is such association over some portion of an individual"s life. When there is reliable association over many generation between a cue and an environmental.

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