Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1986

Publication Title

Physiology & Behavior

First Page

787

Last Page

790

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0031-9384(86)90370-7

Abstract

Six maze-experienced hooded rats were timed during five trials on which they collected water from all arms of an eight-arm radial maze, then made five more choices. All subjects frequently exhibited a “task-completion pause:” The subjects rarely spent more than 1 sec in the center of the maze between choices until they had entered all eight arms, then stopped in the center of the maze. In contrast, the time spent in each arm gradually increased until all of the water had been obtained, then decreased slightly. Four subjects began every trial by choosing eight consecutive adjacent arms. The task-completion pause indicates that these subjects recognized when all of the arms had been entered, without having to repeat one. Therefore, even extreme degrees of response stereotypy do not imply a fundamental dependence on response strategies.

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NOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Physiology & Behavior. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published:

Dale RHI. (1986). Spatial and temporal response patterns on the eight-arm radial maze. Physiology & Behavior. 36(4), 787-790. doi: 10.1016/0031-9384(86)90370-7.

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