Response perseveration interpretation of passive avoidance deficits in hippocampectomized rats.
- 1 January 1966
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology
- Vol. 61 (1) , 141-143
- https://doi.org/10.1037/h0022858
Abstract
Behavior of hippocampectomized rats was compared with that of cortically damaged animals on 2 passive shock avoidance tasks: I required rats to inhibit a previously trained approach response, the other to inhibit an untrained, spontaneous "step-through" response. No differences appeared on the step-through task, while the hippocampectomized Ss[subjects] were significantly poorer in inhibiting the previously trained approach response following shock. These results were interpreted as supporting a response perseveration hypothesis regarding the effects of hippocampal damage in the rat.Keywords
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