Probability learning in golden hamsters

• Published in: Dōbutsu shinrigaku kenkyu Vol. 49; no. 1; pp. 41 - 47
• Main Author: SAEKI, Daisuke
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: THE JAPANESE SOCIETY FOR ANIMAL PSYCHOLOGY 1999
• Subjects: golden hamsters; lever press; maximizing; probability learning

Six golden hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus), which have not usually been used as subjects in operant conditioning research, were exposed to a spatial probability learning task in the apparatus with two levers differing in probabilities of reinforcement. Two pairs of probabilities of reinforcement (70...