Developmental aspects of passive and active avoidance learning in rats
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Abstract
Abstract In Experiment 1, groups of rats 16, 19, 25, 32, and 90 to 120 days of age, were tested for retention of a passive avoidance response 2 min or 24 hr following a single training trial. Passive avoidance learning improved markedly with age, and retention over a 24‐hr interval was complete for all age groups. In Experiment 2, rats 19, 25, 32, and 90 to 120 days of age were trained in a simple, active avoidance task. A trials‐to‐criterion measure indicated that learning was relatively independent of age, although 19‐day rats were somewhat inferior to older rats. The occurrence of differences in passive avoidance learning through developmental ranges in age where simple active avoidance is little affected suggests that inhibition of responding may be selectively influenced by maturational variables.
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