Effects of forced-choice runway variations on rats' T-maze serial pattern learning

From: Learning & Behavior | Date: May 1, 2006| Author: Cohen, Jerome; Szelest, Izabela | Copyright information

Rats learned an ordered RNR/RNN serial pattern task in a T-maze where they were shifted to a different runway on Trial 3 only in the RNR series (shift-win/stay-lose group) or only in the RNN series (stay-win/shift-lose group). The shift-win/stay-lose group developed faster speeds on Trial 3 of the RNR than on Trial 3 of the RNN series more easily than the stay-win/shift-lose group. This difference occurred whether all rats were forced onto the same runway on the first two trials (Experiment 1...

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