Animal Memory and Learning

Spear, Norman E.; Miller, James S.; Jagielo, Joyce A.

doi:10.1146/annurev.ps.41.020190.001125

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“…However, measuring a single trait only constitutes one possible target of the training procedure; therefore, failure to see a response in one behavioural trait does not provide adequate evidence that the subject has failed to form an association (Rescorla and Holland 1982;Wasserman 1981;Spear et al 1990). Non-focal changes in behaviour occurring as a consequence of the training regime may be of importance in interpretation of results, but this importance may be missed if they are not recorded.…”

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Alternate behavioural measurements following a single operant training regime demonstrate differences in memory retention

Dalesman

Lukowiak

2012

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Frequently studies of learning and memory measure a single focal behaviour; however it is likely that any learning paradigm will alter multiple behavioural traits in the same animal. We used video footage of the great pond snail (Lymnaea stagnalis), collected immediately prior to both training and testing for memory in response to operant conditioning to reduce aerial respiration, to measure two additional alternate behavioural traits: reducing the size of the pneumostome (breathing orifice) opening and shell tilt to cover the pneumostome. Typically, the training regime used here results in memory to reduce the number of breathing attempts lasting 24 h but not 72 h. However, memory duration when measured using the two additional behavioural traits differed significantly; shell tilt was short-lived lasting less than 1 h following training, whereas the reduction in pneumostome size was still apparent 72 h following training. Therefore, conclusions about the ability of L. stagnalis to retain memory in response to a single type of training regime will differ significantly depending on the focal behavioural trait measured. A significant correlation between the reduction in opening attempts and visible pneumostome area indicated that these behavioural traits are co-specialised, whereas pneumostome opening and shell tilt behaviour varied independently.

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Alternate behavioural measurements following a single operant training regime demonstrate differences in memory retention

Dalesman

Lukowiak

2012

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“…By contrast, it was anticipated that mecamylamine and scopolamine would impair attention. However, these rats had had extensive training on this task, and this leads to resistance to behavioural or pharmacological manipulations (Sarter 1990;Spear et al 1990). Therefore, the signal length was reduced to 0.5 s for tests with antagonists; this small reduction in signal length had no effect on accuracy (Mirza and Stolerman 1998).…”

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The role of nicotinic and muscarinic acetylcholine receptors in attention

Mirza

Stolerman

2000

Psychopharmacology

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“…Rats and mice are capable well before weaning of learning and remembering complex associative tasks requiring some spatial competence (i.e., avoidance learning) and use of contextual cues (for a review see Spear, 1984 andSpear, Miller, &Jagielo, 1990). However, a thorough analysis of the mouse spatial discrimination abilities starting from the preweaning phase is lacking, likely depending on the characteristics of the spatial tasks more commonly used.…”

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