Working and reference memory of pigs in the spatial holeboard discrimination task.
The present study investigated whether pigs are able to acquire a complex spatial holeboard discrimination task (4 of 16 holes baited) and whether mixing stress affects performance in this task. All pigs rapidly reduced the number of re-visits to baited holes (working memory) and to unbaited holes (reference memory). Mixing stress did not affect performance.
Arts
Johanna W M
JW
Wageningen University and Research Centre, Department of Ethology, Wageningen, The Netherlands. j.arts@uu.nl
van der Staay
F Josef
FJ
Ekkel
E Dinand
ED
D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D004192:Discrimination, Psychological; D005260:Female; D008568:Memory; D008570:Memory, Short-Term; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011897:Random Allocation; D013028:Space Perception; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D013552:Swine; D013997:Time Factors