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C F Flaherty1, K L Krauss, G A Rowan

  • 1Department of Psychology, Rutgers-State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick 08903.

Journal of Experimental Psychology. Animal Behavior Processes
|January 1, 1994
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Selective breeding created rat lines with distinct responses to reward reduction. These lines showed differences in successive negative contrast and activity, suggesting a specific psychological process is heritable.

Area of Science:

  • Behavioral neuroscience
  • Animal behavior genetics

Background:

  • Selective breeding is a powerful tool to investigate the genetic basis of behavior.
  • Understanding the heritability of behavioral responses can elucidate underlying psychological processes.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the heritability of the reaction to a sucrose reward reduction.
  • To determine if behavioral differences in response to reward reduction are correlated with general activity levels.

Main Methods:

  • Selective breeding of rats based on licking behavior after a sucrose concentration shift over 7 generations.
  • Assessment of successive negative contrast, radial-arm maze activity, and open-field behavior in the resulting rat lines.

Main Results:

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  • Two distinct rat lines were established, differing significantly in successive negative contrast and activity levels.
  • Heritability of the reaction to sucrose shift was confirmed, with a heritability estimate (h2) of 0.64 in the F7 generation.
  • No correlation was found between differences in activity and successive negative contrast.

    • Conclusions:

    • Responsivity to reward reduction is a heritable trait.
    • This behavioral trait appears to involve a delimited psychological process, separable from general activity or responses to absolute reward value.