Papers in the Biological Sciences

 

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

1982

Citation

Animal Learning and Behavior (1982) 10(4): 530-534

Comments

Copyright 1982, Psychonomic Society. Used by permission

Abstract

The effects of the size of the central arena on the use of response strategies by rats on an eight~arm elevated maze were examined. The size of the central arena had no effect on accuracy, but the use of adjacent arms increased significantly with a larger central arena, regardless of the size of arena to which rats were first exposed. These results are interpreted in terms of foraging efficiency.

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