An Automated Apparatus for the Avoidance Training of Rats
- 1 June 1965
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Reports
- Vol. 16 (3_suppl) , 1205-1211
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1965.16.3c.1205
Abstract
An apparatus and procedure for the avoidance training of rats is described. 22 rats were trained in the apparatus, and the rapidity of learning was contrasted with that of previously-used automated apparatuses. The new technique prevented many major problems associated with traditional avoidance procedures, both automated and manual.This publication has 17 references indexed in Scilit:
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