Crucial periods for free-environmental experience in the rat.

1 October 1962

journal article
Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology

Vol. 55 (5) , 816-818
https://doi.org/10.1037/h0047092

Abstract

Groups of rats were exposed to a complex environment for 21 days, at different periods during growth. Animals with such exposure made less errors than nonexposed rats on the Hebb-Williams maze. Those that were exposed immediately after weaning showed the best scores on the test, suggesting that there is a critical period for such exposures. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

Keywords

EXPERIENCE/EARLY
AGE OF
LEARNING/MAZE
FREE ENVIRONMENT EXPERIENCE
&
CRITICAL PERIODS IN
FOR FREE ENVIRONMENT
IN FREE ENVIRONMENT
EARLY EXPERIENCE (INCLUDING IMPRINTING)
CRITICAL PERIODS FOR
RAT
CRITICAL PERIOD