SOCIAL MEMORY OF THE MALE LABORATORY RAT
SOCIAL MEMORY OF THE MALE LABORATORY RAT
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DOI:
10.1037/0735-7036.96.6.1000
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1982-01-01
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HOLLOWAY, WR
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作者:
THOR, DH;HOLLOWAY, WR
Used duration of social-investigatory behavior by 36 mature male Long-Evans rats as a measure of individual recognition in 5 experiments to assess social memory. In Exp I, the duration of social investigation during a 2nd exposure to the same juvenile (n= 12) was directly related to the length of the interexposure interval. In Exp II, Ss were exposed to the same or different juvenile 10 min after an initial 5-min exposure to a novel juvenile; reexposure to the same juvenile elicited significantly less social investigation than an exposure to a different juvenile. Exps III and IV demonstrated that following a 5-min introductory exposure, social memory of the juvenile was relatively brief in comparison with that of mature Ss. Exp V revealed a retroactive interference effect on recently acquired memory for an individual: 12 mature Ss exposed to interpolated social experience engaged in significantly longer investigation of a juvenile than those with no interpolated social experience. The combined results suggest that (1) the rat normally engages in spontaneous learning of individual identity and (2) social memory may be a significant aspect of complex social interactions.(16 ref)(PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)