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Operant Sensation Seeking in the Mouse
Published on: November 10, 2010
Food versus perceptual complexity as rewards for rats previously subjected to sensory deprivation
Abstract:
Rats raised in darkness or in a constantly lighted white cage go to food in a T-maze if the food is located in a checkerboard goal. They do not go to food if the food is located in a visually less complex, half-black, halfwhite goal. Normally raised rats go to food regardless of the visual complexity of the goal.

