Spontaneous alternation behavior in Paramecium

Harvey, Alan W.; Bovell, Nyron K. A.

doi:10.3758/bf03193200

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“…This is likely related to how spontaneous alternation has evolved into a standard test for memory in transgenic rodent models of human conditions (e.g., O'Leary, Hussin, Gunn, & Brown, ; Snider & Obrietan, ) or evaluating effects of pharmacological agents (Hughes, ). However, spontaneous alternation has been observed in several other nonhuman organisms, including larval zebrafish (Bögli & Huang, ) and black molly fish (Creson, Woodruff, Ferslew, Rasch, & Monaco, ), ants (Czaczkes, Koch, Fröber, & Dreisbach, ), fruit flies ( Drosophila melanogaster ; Lewis, Negelspach, Kaladchibachi, Cowen, & Fernandez, ), paramecium (Harvey & Bovell, ), marmosets (Izumi, Tsuchida, & Yamaguchi, ), and in some species of crab (but not others—Balcı, Ramey‐Balcı, & Ruamps, ; Ramey, Teichman, Oleksiak, & Balci, ). In other species, evidence for spontaneous alternation behavior is debatable (lemurs, Dal‐Pan et al, ; chicks, Hayes & Warren, ; hens, Haskell, Forkman & Waddington, ) or contrary (e.g., pigeons, Hughes, ).…”

Section: Exploring Similarities and Differencesmentioning

confidence: 99%

The puzzle of spontaneous alternation and inhibition of return: How they might fit together

Phillmore

Klein

2019

Hippocampus

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Two isolated spatial phenomena share a similar “been there; done that” effect on spatial behavior. Originally discovered in rodent learning experiments, spontaneous alternation is a tendency for the organism to visit a different arm in a T‐maze on subsequent trials. Originally discovered in human studies of attention, inhibition of return is a tendency for the organism to orient away from a previously attended location. Whereas spontaneous alternation was identified by O'Keefe & Nadel as dependent on an intact hippocampus, inhibition of return is dependent on neural structures that participate in oculomotor control (the superior colliculus, parietal and frontal cortex). Despite the isolated literatures, each phenomenon has been assumed to reflect a basic novelty‐seeking process, avoiding places previously visited or locations attended. In this commentary, we explore and compare the behavioral manifestations and neural underpinnings of these two phenomena, and suggest what is still needed to determine whether they operate in parallel or serial.

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Section: Exploring Similarities and Differencesmentioning

confidence: 99%

The puzzle of spontaneous alternation and inhibition of return: How they might fit together

Phillmore

Klein

2019

Hippocampus

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“…These authors claimed that the results could be assumed as an example of Hull’s reactive inhibition (Hull, 1943). However, neither Lachman and Havlena (1962) nor Harvey and Bovell (2006) replicated Lepley and Rice’s experiment. Hanzel and Rucker (1972) and Huber et al (1974) showed data about escape from tubes by paramecia as proof of the use of trial-and-error strategies.…”

Section: Learning In Protista: Parameciummentioning

confidence: 73%

Where association ends. A review of associative learning in invertebrates, plants and protista, and a reflection on its limits.

Loy¹,

Carnero-Sierra²,

Acebes³

et al. 2021

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Learning and Cogniti

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Since the beginning of the 21st century, the Minimal Cognition approach has emerged vigorously, focusing on the study of the adaptive behavior of the simplest organisms, including bacteria, assuming that they are sentient and information-processing entities. Although Minimal Cognition has occasionally used Pavlovian methods to try to demonstrate Associative Learning, neither the Psychology of Learning nor the Comparative Psychology traditions are prominent in the movement. However, the Psychology of Learning approach, with its highly sophisticated experimental designs, has done a great deal of research on Associative Learning in animals and carried out several studies on plants and unicellular organisms. The present work offers a comprehensive review of these experimental results, among invertebrates, plants and unicellular organisms (paramecia and the amoeba Physarum policephalum) showing that, while there are increasing instances of Associative Learning in many invertebrate phyla (and also many phyla with no data) there is no adequate evidence of it in unicellular protists (despite more than a century of experiments with paramecia and amoeba) or in plants (despite recent results that so claim). We then consider the alternative offered by Minimal Cognition and suggest some complementary ideas, from a Comparative Developmental Psychology approach, which we call “Minimal Development.”

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“…The structure of the apparatus was appropriate for examining turn-alternation behavior, as it is known to influence the emergence of this particular behavior [ 21 ]. However, our research did not focus on which parameters affected turn alternation.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

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Earthworm individualities when facing a conflict between turn alternation and aversive learning

2018

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An individual’s personality develops through a combination of experiences and parental inheritance. When faced with a conflict, will an individual take an innate behavior or a learned one? In such situations, individuality will manifest itself. Here, we focused on turn alternation behavior, which is a habitual tendency to turn in the direction opposite the preceding turn, in earthworms (Eisenia fetida) and examined how this behavior is affected by an aversive stimulus. Of 10 earthworms, 3 were affected by the stimulus. Turn alternation deteriorated in two worms, one of which showed anti-turn alternation behavior, whereas the remaining worm showed an enhanced tendency toward turn alternation. Earthworms have a relatively simple nervous system. This study opens the door to investigate the neuronal basis for individuality that emerges between nature and nurture.

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Spontaneous alternation behavior in Paramecium

Cited by 15 publications

References 21 publications

The puzzle of spontaneous alternation and inhibition of return: How they might fit together

The puzzle of spontaneous alternation and inhibition of return: How they might fit together

Where association ends. A review of associative learning in invertebrates, plants and protista, and a reflection on its limits.

Earthworm individualities when facing a conflict between turn alternation and aversive learning

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