Food-rewarded operant learning in the guinea pig

Autor:	C. Grue, J. McLean, W. F. Angermeier, D. Minvielle
Rok vydání:	1987
Předmět:	Guinea pig biology Learning curve education Cavia Operant conditioning General Chemistry biology.organism_classification Brain weight Body weight Psychology Catalysis Developmental psychology
Zdroj:	Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society. 25:292-295
ISSN:	0090-5054
Popis:	Sixteen young adult guinea pigs (Cavia porcellus) of mixed sex were used as subjects in a study of food-rewarded operant learning. All but one of the animals learned the required task. Although the general slope of the learning curve was more variable than that of other mammals, neither learning time nor number of rewards to criterion differed significantly from data obtained from other mammals. The results are discussed in terms of an evolutionary model of comparative learning, including ratio of brain weight to body weight and genetically fixed versus variable behavior categories.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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