An analysis of leg position learning in the cockroach yoked control

John F. Disterhoft; Rita Haggerty; W. C. Corning

doi:10.1016/0031-9384(71)90314-3

An analysis of leg position learning in the cockroach yoked control

John F. Disterhoft^*, Rita Haggerty, W. C. Corning

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Abstract

It has been observed that cockroaches serving as yoked controls to animals learning a leg flexion, take longer to acquire the leg flexion in a subsequent training session. The hypothesis that the longer acquisition is caused by random associations between the leg position and the shock during the yoked treatment has been confirmed. A group receiving shock with the leg extended performed best on retest; a group that received shock with leg flexion was worse than the leg extended group but better than a third group that had random associations between leg position and shock.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	359-362
Number of pages	4
Journal	Physiology and Behavior
Volume	7
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9384(71)90314-3
State	Published - Sep 1971

Keywords

Cockroach learning
Response competition
Yoked control learning

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Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Behavioral Neuroscience

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