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Das Erlernen eines Anwendungszeitraumes mit Hilfe eines Signals 1
Author(s) -
Horter Manfred,
Dücker Gerti
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
zeitschrift für tierpsychologie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.739
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1439-0310
pISSN - 0044-3573
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1979.tb01041.x
Subject(s) - bar (unit) , pressing , art , audiology , physics , materials science , medicine , composite material , meteorology
It was examined if animals can learn to perform bar‐pressing only within a determined period of time by the aid of light and tone signals. 6 male BDE‐rats (70 days old at the beginning of the experiments) were trained in a modified test chamber to press a bar only in 2h/day (experimental subjects 1 and 2: 13.00–15.00 h; 3 and 4: 15.00–17.00 h; 5 and 6: 24.00–2.00 h). During this time light and tone signals were given and only during this time bar‐pressing was rewarded. At the end of the training period all 6 rats showed a change of behavior according to the task, that means: at least 90% of the whole bar pressing activity fell into the determined period of time. Under test conditions the maintenance of this behavior was less stable.