PERCEPTUAL SHARPENING IN THE DEVELOPING RAT
PERCEPTUAL SHARPENING IN THE DEVELOPING RAT
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DOI:
10.1037/0735-7036.97.1.3
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发表时间:
1983-01-01
影响因子:
1.4
通讯作者:
HAROUTUNIAN, V
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作者:
CAMPBELL, BA;HAROUTUNIAN, V
Studied the development of perceptual sharpening in 4 experiments with 514 Sprague-Dawley rats using the heart rate orienting response ([HROR] marked cardiac deceleration to novel stimuli) as the dependent measure. Preweanling Ss either 16–17 or 19–20 days of age were habituated to a 1,600-Hz tone over 15 trials. On Trial 16, the stimulus frequency was changed to 1 of 7 tones distributed on either side of the habituated stimulus. Analysis of the HROR showed that 16–27 day old Ss failed to respond to any of the new frequencies, which indicated generalization of habituation to the auditory stimuli within the frequency range studied. In marked contrast, 19–20 day old Ss displayed an HROR proportional to the difference between the habituated and the test stimuli. These age-related differences were not due to differences in sensitivity to the test stimuli, effector fatigue, or inability to discriminate between the test stimuli. Results indicate that perceptual sharpening develops relatively rapidly in rats and that perceptual sharpening, stimulus detection, and stimulus discrimination follow separate ontogenetic time courses.(14 ref)(PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)