Early visual and motor experience as determiners of complex maze-learning ability under rich and reduced stimulation.

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Male hooded rats reared in an environment permitting motor contact as well as visual inspection of complex shapes were compared in later maze learning with animals permitted the visual inspection but deprived of the opportunity of motor exploration. The group permitted motor experience learned faster under conditions where the visual cues were drastically reduced (elevated T-maze with very low illumination level). It is emphasized that the effect of early experience on later learning will be helpful or a hindrance depending upon "the relationship between the kind of early experience and the demands of the problem task." (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)
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