Interruption of Imprinting following Anesthesia
- 1 April 1963
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Perceptual and Motor Skills
- Vol. 16 (2) , 348
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.1963.16.2.348
Abstract
Pearlman, et al. suggested that anesthetic agents could have a differential effect on consolidation of memory traces. If anesthesia occurred immediately following training, it might block the consolidation process. If given after consolidation is more or less complete, the anesthetic might reduce retroactive interference and thus protect the memory traces. Although some comparisons were not significant, the results are highly suggestive and do tend in the directions predicted by Pearlman, et al. This is of particular interest as the predictions were made for both a different animal and a new task.Keywords
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