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Rodrigo, T.; Sansa, J.; Baradad, P.; Chamizo, V. D. – Learning and Motivation, 2006
In two experiments in a Morris pool, rats were trained to find a hidden platform which was located in a specific position in relation to two objects, B and F, which were presented together, one in front of the other. One object, B, was just above the platform (a beacon for the platform, the critical object) while the second object, F, was above…
Descriptors: Animals, Animal Behavior, Spatial Ability, Experiments
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Panlilio, Leigh V.; Weiss, Stanley J. – Learning and Motivation, 2005
In earlier studies with rats, the effectiveness of the auditory element of a tone--light discriminative stimulus was enhanced when the conditioned incentive value of the compound was negative rather than positive. The present experiment systematically replicated these results in pigeons trained to press a treadle in the presence of a tone--light…
Descriptors: Learning Modalities, Stimulus Generalization, Psychological Studies, Animal Behavior