Suckling as Incentive to Instrumental Learning in Preweanling Rats

Neonatal rats as young as 7 days of age learned, reversed, and retained a left-right discrimination with a nonlactating nipple as the incentive. These results have implications for the ontogeny of associative processes and for their neurological and neurochemical mediators.

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Veröffentlicht in:	Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 1977-05, Vol.196 (4292), p.898-899
Hauptverfasser:	Kenny, John T., Blass, Elliott M.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Age groups Animals Animals, Newborn - physiology Associative learning Brain Conditioning, Operant - physiology Discrimination (Psychology) - physiology Hypothalamus Mazes Nipples Ontogeny Pups Rats Retention (Psychology) - physiology Sucking Behavior - physiology Suckling
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Zusammenfassung:	Neonatal rats as young as 7 days of age learned, reversed, and retained a left-right discrimination with a nonlactating nipple as the incentive. These results have implications for the ontogeny of associative processes and for their neurological and neurochemical mediators.
ISSN:	0036-8075 1095-9203
DOI:	10.1126/science.860121