Alternation as function of preliminary training and type of deprivation.
Laboratory rats trained upon a table top with randomly positioned reinforcement containers showed significantly a greater tendency to alternate in a Y-maze than animals trained on a straight runway. The type of deprivation, either food or water, did not have an effect. The differences in alternation disappeared with repeated trials on the Y-maze.
D000818:Animals; D007858:Learning; D051381:Rats; D012054:Reinforcement, Psychology
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