The learning curve of a land snail.

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A land snail, Rumina decollata L., was trained to run a "T" maze, learning to turn to the right and not the left side. The drive for the learning was a Mazda electric light of 75 watts placed at foot of the "T" which was made of all glass. Several snails were trained but 1 only was able to endure the training over a length of time beginning December 5 and ending the following March- 3. The learning was expressed in terms of time and errors for which curves are given, and by plots of paths which are given in part. During the early trials this snail took as many as 2,434 seconds to run the maze and made numerous errors. On the last day, the 43rd trial, it took 205 seconds to run the maze and for many trials there had been no errors. After a rest of 30 days the snail ran the maze in 483 seconds with no error. Plots of paths of other snails are given but no curves. The authors claim to have demonstrated that this land snail can and does learn. This is the first time a learning curve for any land snail has been obtained.

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