Partial reinforcement across trials impairs escape performance but spares place learning in the water maze

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 91-104

  Devan, Bryan D ^a,b,c,e   Stouffer, Eric M ^c   Petri, Herbert L ^c   McDonald, Robert J ^d   Olds, James L ^a,b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e NeuroLogic Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative place cue responses; Aversive motivation; Competitive contingencies; Interactive memory systems; Learning versus performance; Place navigation; Rats; Spatial learning; Thigmotaxis; Water maze procedures

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; LATENT PERIOD; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; OVEREXERTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OVERLEARNING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0038639111     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(02)00294-2     Document Type: Article

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