Social memory in Drosophila

Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - 17:07 in Psychology & Sociology

Positive social interactions exist within Drosophila: when in a group, Drosophila flies have better memory than when they are isolated. Thomas Preat's team at the Laboratoire de Neurobiologie (CNRS, France) has recently highlighted this phenomenon through olfactory memory tests.

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