Classical Conditioning in Newborn Rats

Newborn albino rats were trained according to classical conditioning procedure wih one of four intervals between conditioned and unconditioned stimuli. A vibrotactile stimulus (conditioned stimulus) paired with an electric shock (unconditioned stimulus) was presented to the forelimb 80 times. The re...

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Published inScience (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Vol. 136; no. 3522; pp. 1118 - 1119
Main Authors Caldwell, D. F., Werboff, J.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States American Association for the Advancement of Science 29.06.1962
Subjects
Animals
Conditioning, Classical
Control groups
Learning
Legs
Old Medline
Rats
Transducers
LEARNING
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Summary:Newborn albino rats were trained according to classical conditioning procedure wih one of four intervals between conditioned and unconditioned stimuli. A vibrotactile stimulus (conditioned stimulus) paired with an electric shock (unconditioned stimulus) was presented to the forelimb 80 times. The results demonstrate that conditioning takes place in newborn rats. However, levels of performance as a function of time intervals between stimuli did not resemble the levels traditionally reported for older animals.
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ISSN:0036-8075
1095-9203
DOI:10.1126/science.136.3522.1118