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Auditory thresholds in the guinea pig: A preliminary report of a behavioral technique employing a food reward
Author(s) -
Walloch Richard A.,
TaylorSpikes Margaret
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
the laryngoscope
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1531-4995
pISSN - 0023-852X
DOI - 10.1288/00005537-197611000-00012
Subject(s) - guinea pig , audiology , psychology , new guinea , neuroscience , communication , medicine , history , ethnology , endocrinology
Guinea pigs have been trained to press a lever for a food reward. Then the behavior was used to obtain the auditory thresholds for six guinea pigs. The thresholds obtained in the present study agree with those previously obtained by Heffner, et al. The most important aspect of the training process Was the habituation of the guinea pigs. Once the guinea pig was accustomed to the food and training cage, he could be trained in a manner similar to that used to train many other species.