Higher-order habit strength and spatial learning
| dc.contributor.advisor | Devan, Bryan | |
| dc.contributor.author | Michener, Paige | |
| dc.contributor.department | Towson University. Department of Psychology | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-10-12T21:09:48Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-10-12T21:09:48Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017-10-12 | |
| dc.date.submitted | 2017-05 | |
| dc.description | (M.A.) -- Towson University, 2017 | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | This study examined the amount of acquisition trials necessary for higher-order habit formation to occur in the Morris water maze. After 8 days of acquisition, learning of the original platform location was predicted to be hippocampal-based, while after 16 days, learning was predicted to be a striatal-based higher-order habit. 16 male Long-Evans hooded rats were used. Rats were trained to find a platform in the water maze for either 8 or 16 days. Rats then experienced a 12-trial retraining session to a new platform location, followed by a probe test with quadrant preference measured. Both groups learned the platform locations at an equal rate. During the probe test, both groups showed a preference for the new location, indicating that learning of the original platform location may not have become habitual. Future research needs to extend the amount of acquisition training or determine a different paradigm for testing higher-order habit formation. | en_US |
| dc.description.uri | http://library.towson.edu/digital/collection/etd/id/59380 | en_US |
| dc.format | application/pdf | |
| dc.format.extent | v, 43 pages | en_US |
| dc.genre | theses | en_US |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.13016/M2DV1CP97 | |
| dc.identifier.other | TSP2017Michener | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11603/7333 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.title | Higher-order habit strength and spatial learning | en_US |
| dc.type | Text | en_US |
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