Restricted Perceptual Experience Effects on the Later Avoidance Behavior of Two Subspecies of Deermice, Peromyscus Leucopusand Peromyscus Polionotus

Autor: Karl, Norman J., Schell, Robert E.
Zdroj: Perceptual & Motor Skills; February 1968, Vol. 26 Issue: 1 p295-302, 8p
Abstrakt: Groups of Peromyscus leucopusand Peromyscus polionotuswere placed under conditions of restricted perceptual experience at two different ages and for two periods of time. In testing for effects on later avoidance behavior, measures were taken of the time required before Sdrank water while in a novel setting, reactivity to shock, and speed of avoidance conditioning and extinction. Duration and age of restricted perceptual experience had no systematic effect on avoidance behavior across or within subspecies; effects varied with subspecies and the measure under consideration. Decrements in avoidance behavior were more marked and longer lasting for Peromyscus polionotusand, depending upon the measure, were primarily a function of either duration or age of restricted perceptual experience.
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