[The applied time interval as a learnable dimension].
The possibility of learning time intervals was examined. 7 male BDE-rats (70 days old at the beginning of the experiments) were trained (shock avoidance learning) in a modified test chamber to learn bar-pressing only in distinguished time periods (LD 12 : 12). In a second part of the experiment it was examined with 5 rats what effect an extension of the light phase has. The results show that there is a possibility of learning time intervals and of maintaining this behaviour under these specific conditions of training.
D000818:Animals; D001362:Avoidance Learning; D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D003216:Conditioning, Operant; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D013998:Time Perception
Der Anwendungszeitraum als lernbare Grösse.