✦ LIBER ✦
Volume discrimination learning in golden hamsters: Effects of the structure of complex rearing cages
✍ Scribed by Dr. Catherine Thinus-Blanc
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1981
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 449 KB
- Volume
- 14
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0012-1630
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
Golden hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus) were reared from birth to adulthood in a spatially diversified situation (EG); their performances were compared with those of other hamsters housed in standard laboratory cages (SG). The task was to discriminate between 2 cubic volumes of different sizes followed by various test situations designed to define the respective parts played by the 3 spatial dimensions during perception. The results show that surfaces of volumes were mainly taken into account by EG subjects whereas width, alone, was used by the SG animals.