Observational learning of duration discrimination in rats (Rattus norvegicus)

[en] Hungry 'observer' rats watched at trained conspecific 'demonstrators' performing a duration discrimination (1 vs. 8 s sound) before being themselves exposed to the same task. Performance of 'observer' rats was compared with that of naive control rats who learned the same task without observing a demonstrator. Statistical analysis showed that observing a trained demonstrator significantly contributed to the rapid discovery of the relationship between a particular duration and its related response patterns or stimuli, increasing learning speed with regard to the control animals

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Animal psychology, ethology & psychobiology

Author, co-author :

Simons, Frédéric ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Psychologie cognitive

Lejeune, Helga ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Unité de psychobiologie des processus temporels

Language :

English

Title :

Observational learning of duration discrimination in rats (Rattus norvegicus)

Publication date :

1997

Journal title :

Behavioural Processes

ISSN :

0376-6357

Publisher :

Elsevier, Netherlands

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Pages :

97-105

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