The effect of radical hippocampal ablation on acquisition of avoidance response.

1 December 1961

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

Vol. 54 (6) , 625-628
https://doi.org/10.1037/h0047286

Abstract

Rats with hippocampal lesions were compared to normal rats and rats with cortical lesions in a shuttle-box situation. Animals were trained for 5 days, with extinction trials preceding shock trials on Days 2 to 5. Operates reached the learning criterion most rapidly; they showed lower latencies in extinction as well as on learning trials. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

Keywords

AVOIDANCE IN RATS
LESIONS &
RAT/AVOIDANCE IN
HIPPOCAMPAL ABLATION
&
LEARNING/AVOIDANCE
BEHAVIOR
HIPPOCAMPUS
HIPPOCAMPAL ABLATION IN RATS