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Permanent deficit of interocular transfer in binocularly deprived cats. 1986

T Zabłocka, and C Dobrzecka

Fifteen laboratory born cats were used: seven binocularly deprived, four reared under condition of daily alternating monocular exposure and four controls. At the 7th month of age four of the binocularly deprived cats and all the remaining cats were trained monocularly in a two choice apparatus. In the first stage of training the cats learned a test with the right eye and were tested for transfer to the left eye. In the second stage, a new test was learned with the left eye, after which transfer to the right eye was tested. Control and with alternating monocular exposure cats had a normal interocular transfer whereas the binocularly deprived cats showed an impairment. After this training all binocularly deprived cats had the hoods taken off for 8 months and were then trained with new tasks. Their interocular transfer was still impaired. Thus, binocular pattern stimulation in the early period of life - simultaneous or alternate - is necessary for normal interocular transfer.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D002415	Cats	The domestic cat, Felis catus, of the carnivore family FELIDAE, comprising over 30 different breeds. The domestic cat is descended primarily from the wild cat of Africa and extreme southwestern Asia. Though probably present in towns in Palestine as long ago as 7000 years, actual domestication occurred in Egypt about 4000 years ago. (From Walker's Mammals of the World, 6th ed, p801)	Felis catus,Felis domesticus,Domestic Cats,Felis domestica,Felis sylvestris catus,Cat,Cat, Domestic,Cats, Domestic,Domestic Cat
D004193	Discrimination Learning	Learning that is manifested in the ability to respond differentially to various stimuli.	Discriminative Learning,Discrimination Learnings,Discriminative Learnings,Learning, Discrimination,Learning, Discriminative
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D012683	Sensory Deprivation	The absence or restriction of the usual external sensory stimuli to which the individual responds.	Deprivation, Sensory,Deprivations, Sensory,Sensory Deprivations
D014163	Transfer, Psychology	Change in learning in one situation due to prior learning in another situation. The transfer can be positive (with second learning improved by first) or negative (where the reverse holds).	Transfer (Psychology),Transfer of Learning,Transfer of Training,Learning Transfer,Psychology Transfer,Psychology Transfers,Training Transfer,Transfers (Psychology),Transfers, Psychology
D014785	Vision, Ocular	The process in which light signals are transformed by the PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS into electrical signals which can then be transmitted to the brain.	Vision,Light Signal Transduction, Visual,Ocular Vision,Visual Light Signal Transduction,Visual Phototransduction,Visual Transduction,Phototransduction, Visual,Transduction, Visual