A novel contextual dimension for use with an operant chamber: from simple to hierarchical forms of learning |
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Authors: | Ward-Robinson J Honey R C |
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Affiliation: | School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Wales, United Kingdom. ward-robinsonj@cf.ac.uk |
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Abstract: | A novel procedure is described in which the floor temperatures (warm and cool) in an operant chamber are used as contextual cues in 2 experiments with rats. Experiment 1 demonstrated that rats learn the relationship between these thermal contexts and auditory stimuli that have been paired with them. Experiment 2 showed that thermal contexts can serve a conditional function that (a) reflects the operation of a mechanism that is common to conventional, visual contexts and (b) is bound to these contexts' ability to retrieve the nature of the relationship between the auditory stimuli and food. |
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