Pattern discrimination in rabbits kept in environments of different complexities after unilateral removal of the occipital cortex.
Pattern discrimination was studied in rabbits in which a unilateral ablation of the occipital lobe had been made either at adult age or a few days after birth. It was found that a postoperative stay in an enriched environment did not improve striated pattern discrimination with the eye contralateral to the lesion.
D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D004193:Discrimination Learning / Q000502:physiology*; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D005556:Form Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D005829:Geniculate Bodies / Q000502:physiology; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000502:physiology; D009778:Occipital Lobe / Q000502:physiology*; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual / Q000502:physiology*; D011817:Rabbits; D012683:Sensory Deprivation / Q000502:physiology; D012931:Social Environment; D014795:Visual Pathways / Q000502:physiology