A study of exploratory behavior as an index of spatial knowledge in hamsters
A study of exploratory behavior as an index of spatial knowledge in hamsters
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探索行为作为仓鼠空间知识指标的研究
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1986
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C. Thinus
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B. Poucet;N. Chapuis;M. Durup;C. Thinus
这个实验研究了探索在环境地图形成中的作用。以金黄仓鼠为实验动物，研究了在开阔场地中四个熟悉物体的空间重排对随后探索行为的影响。在两个探索性的会议期间，四组受试者暴露于对象在一个特定的空间关系，彼此和远端模式。在一次测试中，控制组被暴露在与前两次测试相同的情况下，三个实验组被暴露在各种物体重排中。实验组中的仓鼠，而不是控制组中的仓鼠，在测试期间重新探索物体，通过与物体接触的次数和花费的时间来测量。进一步分析了重新调查对象的性质（即，移位或非移位）支持这样的假设，即通过探索，基于对象之间的拓扑关系、由对象的布置提供的总体几何结构以及对象与装置外地标之间的关系来建立环境的持久表示。
This experiment investigated the role of exploration in the formation of maps of the environment. The effects of spatial rearrangement of four familiar objects in an open field on subsequent exploratory behavior were studied in hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus). During two exploratory sessions, four groups of subjects were exposed to objects in a particular spatial relation to each other and to a distal pattern. During a testing session, the control group was exposed to the same situation as during the first two sessions, and the three experimental groups were exposed to various object rearrangements. The hamsters in the experimental groups, but not those in the control group, renewed their exploration of the objects during the testing session, as measured by the number of contacts with the objects and the time spent investigating them. Further analyses of the nature of the reinvestigated objects (i.e., displaced or nondisplaced) support the hypothesis that, through exploration, a long-lasting representation of the environment is built up on the basis of the topological relations among the objects, the overall geometric structure provided by the arrangement of the objects, and the relations between the objects and extra-apparatus landmarks.