THE ROLE OF EXPLORATORY EXPERIENCE IN A SHORTCUT TASK BY GOLDEN-HAMSTERS (MESOCRICETUS-AURATUS)
THE ROLE OF EXPLORATORY EXPERIENCE IN A SHORTCUT TASK BY GOLDEN-HAMSTERS (MESOCRICETUS-AURATUS)
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DOI：
10.3758/bf03204960
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发表时间：
1987-05-01
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THINUSBLANC, C
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CHAPUIS, N;DURUP, M;THINUSBLANC, C
这个实验的目的是检验探索性经验对走捷径能力的作用。在第一阶段，两个子空间，X和Y，每个子空间由两个相关的跑道诱饵表组成，分别由仓鼠探索。在第二阶段，实验组探索X和Y之间的连接路径。最后，这些动物在两天内接受了一个捷径测试：在这个测试中，为了从X到Y，它们可以在较长的熟悉路径和两条较短的新路径之间进行选择。与没有经历第二阶段的对照组相比，实验组显示出对不穿过连接途径的捷径的明显偏好，而他们在动物经历过的两个远距离部分中的任何一个上都经历过这种连接途径。这些结果表明，在这种简单的情况下，额外的经验，两个独立的子空间之间的连接元素有一个有益的影响，它们之间的空间关系的建立，也许对整个情况的代表性。
The aim of this experiment was to examine the role of exploratory experience on the ability to take a shortcut. In the first phase, two subspaces, X and Y, each consisting of two baited tables related by a runway, were separately explored by hamsters. In the second phase, the experimental group explored a connecting pathway between X and Y. The animals were finally submitted to a shortcut test during 2 days: in this test, in order to go from X to Y, they could choose between the longer familiar pathway and two shorter new pathways. In comparison with a control group, which did not undergo the second phase, the experimental group displayed a significant preference for the shortcut that did not cross the linking pathway with which they had had experience on either of the two distant portions whose linkage the animals had experienced. These results suggest that, in this simple situation, additional experience of a linking element between two separated subspaces has a beneficial effect on the setting up of spatial relationships betwen them, and perhaps on the representation of the whole situation.