The shuttle avoidance response chains of rats
Roberts, A.E.
Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society 24(2): 163-165
1986
ISSN/ISBN: 0090-5054 Accession: 006766622
Three female hooded rats received free-operant avoidance training that incorporated a shuttle requirement. The rats' activities during the final portions of Sessions 5, 10, and 15 were systematically analyzed. The rats showed minimal within- and between-subject differences in their shuttle-avoidance response chains: They walked across and beyond the midline, paused, turned, and again walked across and beyond the midline. Comparisons between shuttle- and leverpress-avoidance response chains are offered.