Psychology of learning:: A new approach to study behavior of Rhodnius prolixus stal under laboratory conditions
Psychology of learning:: A new approach to study behavior of Rhodnius prolixus stal under laboratory conditions
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DOI：
10.2466/pr0.97.3.721-731
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发表时间：
2005-12-01
影响因子：
2.3
通讯作者：
Aldana, E
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作者：
Abramson, CI;Romero, ES;Aldana, E
与学习心理学相关的条件化方法被建议作为一种新的策略来研究委内瑞拉查加斯病的主要媒介--刺客幼虫Rhodnius prolixus的行为。恰加斯病是拉丁美洲的第四大死因，因为它导致严重的慢性病，每年约有43,000人死亡。为了说明这一策略，报告了两个初步实验。在第一个实验中，通过将嗅觉条件刺激和温度非条件刺激配对来检验巴甫洛夫条件反射。在42摄氏度的温度下，长尾罗非鱼发生了一系列复杂的行为，包括喙的伸展和爬行。在12个训练试验的过程中，这一行为序列不是由嗅觉条件刺激引起的。在第二个实验中，使用了潜在抑制范式，在将气味与温度配对之前，将Prolixus预先暴露在嗅觉条件刺激中。在训练过程中，发现了预暴露的效果。讨论了研究的建议，并确定了潜在的条件刺激和非条件刺激。
Conditioning methodologies associated with the psychology of learning are suggested as a new strategy to investigate behavior of the assassin bug Rhodnius prolixus, which is the main vector of Chagas disease in Venezuela. Chagas disease is the fourth leading cause of death in Latin America, as it causes severe chronic illness and approximately 43,000 deaths per year. To illustrate this strategy, two preliminary experiments are reported. In the first, Pavlovian conditioning was examined by pairing an olfactory conditioned stimulus with a temperature unconditioned stimulus. A temperature of 42 degrees C elicits a complex behavioral sequence in R. prolixus consisting of proboscis extension and crawling. Over the course of 12 training trials, this behavioral sequence was not elicited by an olfactory conditioned stimulus. In the second experiment, a latent inhibition paradigm was used to pre-expose R. prolixus to an olfactory conditioned stimulus before pairing the odor with temperature. Over the course of training, an effect of pre-exposure was found. Suggestions for research are discussed and potential conditioned and unconditioned stimuli identified.