Spontaneous alternation behavior in Paramecium

From: Learning & Behavior | Date: November 1, 2006| Author: Bovell, Nyron K A; Harvey, Alan W | Copyright information

Spontaneous alternating behavior (SAB), the tendency of an organism to successively turn left and right in a maze, is a standard metric of short-term memory in developmental and pyschopharmacological studies. Although SAB is perhaps the most phylogenetically widespread behavior in motile lifeforms, conflicting data on SAB exist for several sets of closely related taxa. For example, previous studies provide contradictory evidence concerning the existence of spontaneous alternation behavior in ...

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