Mice (Mus musculus) learn a win-shift but not a win-stay contingency under water escape motivation

Charles Locurto¹, Christine Emidy, Scott Hannan

¹Department of Psychology, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts 01610, USA. clocurto@holycross.edu

Journal of Comparative Psychology (Washington, D.C. : 1983)

|September 18, 2002

Abstract:

Twenty mice (Mus musculus), the second filial generation offspring from a C57BL/6 and DBA/2J cross, received spatial win-shift and win-stay water escape training within a mixed design in which all mice received both types of training. Acquisition under win-shift was superior to win-stay with respect to errorless trials and latencies regardless of the order in which the procedures were experienced. Win-stay responding did not exceed chance levels during any training phase. These data contradict the claim that win-stay training is the more easily acquired of the 2 acquisition strategies under aversive motivation.

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