title: Monocular visual discrimination in the goldfish after unilateral ablation of the optic tectum.
abstract: Goldfish with unilateral ablation of the optic tectum and trained to the ablated side failed to learn or to transfer interocularly a differential classically conditioned color discrimination. The direct ipsilateral retinal projection to the intact/naive side is therefore shown to contribute little to engram formation. Evidence is also presented demonstrating that the absence of one tectum does not affect the learning of a differential bar discrimination task when trained via the intact brain side.
authors: School of Biological Sciences, Queen Mary College, University of London, United Kingdom.
authors: J P
authors: JP
authors: Hemsley
authors: G E
authors: GE
authors: Savage
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004193:Discrimination Learning / Q000502:physiology*; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006054:Goldfish; D013477:Superior Colliculi / Q000502:physiology*; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology