TRANSITIVE INFERENCE IN RATS (RATTUS-NORVEGICUS)
TRANSITIVE INFERENCE IN RATS (RATTUS-NORVEGICUS)
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DOI：
10.1037/0735-7036.106.4.342
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发表时间：
1992-12-01
影响因子：
1.4
通讯作者：
DAVIS, H
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作者：
DAVIS, H
虽然皮亚杰的理论认为，进行传递性推理的能力仅限于7岁以上的人，但最近的证据表明，这种逻辑能力可能具有更广泛的基础。在非言语测试中，传递性推理已经在学龄前儿童和两种非人灵长类动物中得到证实。在这些实验中，我证明了传递性推理的证据在大鼠（褐家鼠），我使用了一个有序的系列的5个嗅觉刺激（A < B < C < D < E），从正确的推理的新B与D对。控制程序表明，性能并不取决于正确的答案是奖励在培训过程中，并可能被打乱了逻辑上不一致的前提（F > E和A > F）。逻辑及物性可能反映了一种形式的空间paralogic，而不是正式的演绎从一个三段论动词系统进行了讨论。
Although Piagetian theory proposes that the ability to make transitive inferences is confined to humans above age 7, recent evidence has suggested that this logical ability may be more broad based. In nonverbal tests, transitive inference has been demonstrated in preschool children and 2 species of nonhuman primates. In these experiments, I demonstrate evidence of transitive inference in rats (Rattus norvegicus), I used an ordered series of 5 olfactory stimuli (A < B < C < D < E) from which correct inferences were made about the novel B versus D pair. Control procedures indicated that performance did not depend on the recency with which the correct answer was rewarded during training and may be disrupted by the addition of logically inconsistent premises (F > E and A > F). The possibility that logical transitivity may reflect a form of spatial paralogic rather than formal deductions from a syllogistic-verbal system is discussed.