Artificial intelligent assistant

Do experiences shape actions of insects? Animals? Would an insect behave differently to stimuli depending on what stimuli occurred to them earlier (that only affects them cognitively or their conscience)?

"Simple" insects like fruit flies can learn to associate odors with food, e.g. see here for a pretty classic example. Drosophila even show some kind of depression which is acquired. Their sexual experiences even shape their alcohol intake.

You will find similar examples for other model organisms as well. So, yes, simple animals behave differently in response to previous experiences.

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