Internasal and interocular transfers of habituation of exploratory behavior.
Albino rats were individually placed in an unfamiliar arena and their exploratory behavior was recorded for 1 h on two consecutive days. Subjects that were tested with the right (left) nostril occluded and retested with the left (right) nostril occluded explored the arena for the same period of time as subjects that were tested and retested with the right (left) nostril occluded, in both sessions. Subjects without one olfactory bulb that were tested with the contralateral nostril occluded and retested with the ipsilateral nostril occluded explored as subjects without one olfactory bulb that were tested and retested with the ipsilateral nostril occluded, in both sessions. Subjects that were tested with the right (left) eyelids sutured and retested with the left (right) eyelids sutured explored for the same time in the test session as subjects that were tested with the right and the left eyelids sutured and retested with the right or the left eyelids sutured and subjects that were tested and retested with the right (left) eyelids sutured. In the retest session, the first group of subjects explored for less time than the second and for the same time as the third one. A complete internasal transfer of habituation of exploratory behavior probably occurred. There was a complete interocular transfer of habituation of exploratory behavior. This indicates that there is no developed specification of the side of peripheral origin of the visual information in the neural representation of the stimulatory situation responsible for habituation of exploratory behavior.
D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D002490:Central Nervous System / Q000502:physiology*; D005106:Exploratory Behavior; D006185:Habituation, Psychophysiologic; D008297:Male; D009833:Olfactory Pathways / Q000502:physiology*; D051381:Rats; D014163:Transfer, Psychology; D014795:Visual Pathways / Q000502:physiology*