Retention of alley brightness in the rat.
- 1 January 1967
- journal article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology
- Vol. 64 (1) , 105-109
- https://doi.org/10.1037/h0024806
Abstract
RATS TRAINED TO RUN FOR FOOD IN 1 ALLEY (BLACK OR WHITE) AND TESTED IN THE OTHER (NOVEL) ALLEY 66 DAYS AFTER TRAINING RAN SIGNIFICANTLY FASTER THAN CONTROLS TESTED AFTER 1 DAY. SS TESTED IN THE SAME ALLEY, HOWEVER, RAN SIGNIFICANTLY SLOWER THAN THEIR 1-DAY CONTROL GROUP. IN A SUBSEQUENT RETENTION TEST, NO SIGNIFICANT GENERALIZATION DECREMENT WAS OBTAINED WHEN SS AT EITHER RETENTION INTERVAL WERE SHIFTED BACK TO THE ORIGINAL TRAINING ALLEY. IT IS CONCLUDED THAT ALTHOUGH RATS FORGET INCIDENTAL FEATURES OF A LEARNING TASK, THE RETENTION LOSS IS NOT COMPLETE. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)Keywords
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