Evidence of conditioned behavior in amoebae

Associative memory is the main type of learning by which complex organisms respond to certain environmental stimuli. Here, De la Fuente et al. describe a motility pattern consistent with associative conditioned behaviour in unicellular amoebae.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ildefonso M. De la Fuente, Carlos Bringas, Iker Malaina, María Fedetz, Jose Carrasco-Pujante, Miguel Morales, Shira Knafo, Luis Martínez, Alberto Pérez-Samartín, José I. López, Gorka Pérez-Yarza, María Dolores Boyano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-08-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11677-w
Description
Summary:Associative memory is the main type of learning by which complex organisms respond to certain environmental stimuli. Here, De la Fuente et al. describe a motility pattern consistent with associative conditioned behaviour in unicellular amoebae.
ISSN:2041-1723