title: Binocularly deprived cats are normal in visual discrimination learning in a simple apparatus.
abstract: Pattern discrimination learning was compared in three groups of cats: reared in normal conditions, reared in the laboratory with opened eyes, and deprived of patterned vision from birth. A four-choice apparatus without partitions was used. The figure of a disc was reinforced with food, whereas a cross, triangle and square were not. All groups reached criterion after similar numbers of trials and errors, indicating that in binocularly deprived cats, simple perceptual and associative learning are not impaired.
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authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Zabłocka
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authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zernicki
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats; D005260:Female; D005556:Form Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual / Q000502:physiology*; D010775:Photic Stimulation