Scheuring, Nicolas

I am interested in how insects learn spatial information and the role social interactions play in this process. I work primarily with bumblebees (Bombus terrestris) and investigate how individual bees learn to locate a rewarded position by observing conspecifics.

To do this, I combine behavioral experiments in controlled arenas with electrophysiological recordings from freely moving animals in order to link behavior with neuronal activity – for instance, within the mushroom bodies.