Reversible effects of ambient housing stimulation upon stimulation-seeking in rats |
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Authors: | I. R. Inglis N. H. Freeman |
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Affiliation: | a Department of Psychology, University of Bristol, 8-10 Berkeley Square, Bristol, U.K. |
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Abstract: | Two types of housing condition, low and high ambient stimulation, were alternated. The effects of this treatment upon rats' subsequent stimulation-seeking behaviour were assessed in a multiple-choice head-input apparatus. The aim of the experiment was to determine whether adult animals would adapt and re-adapt to varying periods of upward and downward shifts in the levels of housing stimulation. A given housing-stimulation had a lawfully cumulative effect which could be completely reversed when housing conditions altered. The most sensitive measures were latency and response rate in the first 5 min of the test. One measure, relative preference for illuminated stimuli over a dark stimulus, gave an indication of the time-lag involved in adaptation to a new housing condition. |
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