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A qualitative aspect of learning‐sensitive open field ambulation in mice
Author(s) -
KVIST S. BEATRICE M.,
SELANDER RITVAKAJSA
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.743
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1467-9450
pISSN - 0036-5564
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9450.1992.tb00889.x
Subject(s) - psychology , open field , field (mathematics) , cognitive psychology , social psychology , psychiatry , mathematics , pure mathematics
Maze training was shown to affect qualitative aspects of the learning‐sensitive open‐field (OF) ambulation in male Swiss albino mice. The changes in thigmotactic (wall‐seeking) behaviour were most pronounced when significant signs of learning occurred, usually on the third day of training. Also daily changes in thigmotaxis from before to after training were found. Mice not subjected to maze training exhibited a different thigmotactic pattern of behaviour. The present series of experiments indicated that separate starting‐points (centre or wall) influenced the thigmotactic behaviour as opposed to the shape of the OF (circular or square).