Differentiation learning and auditory generalization in normal and prefrontal dogs after extensive avoidance training. 1981

D Kowalska, and K Zieliński, and J Brennan

The continuation of a study of 24 dogs in the stages of avoidance reacquisition, differentiation training and generalization testing is reported. Subjects had previously received avoidance training with either response contingent CS termination on all trials or on only 50 percent of the training trials, prior to the administration of medial or lateral prefrontal lesions in 16 subjects. The remaining 8 subjects served as nonoperated controls. Following the appropriate surgical treatment, subjects were tested twice for generalization along the tonal frequency dimension of the avoidance CS. Trials to reacquisition criterion were comparable among all dogs, and subjects trained earlier with continuous response contingent CS termination had overlall faster response latencies, except for the medial subject that were slower than subjects trained under the partial schedule. Differentiation performance tended to show more success in the group given the earlier continuous response contingent avoidance training, although data from both training groups were variable. Subjects trained with the partial schedule had more extra- and intertial responses, which are considered as a byproduct of residual fear. Systematic effects from the surgical treatments were not found during differentiation training. Stimulus control by tonal frequency was more pronounced in subjects that had received the partial training schedule, and frequency generalization was disrupted by the lesion effects. The data are considered in light of reinforcement determinates from CS prolongation in the modification of defensive reflex control.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
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
D004285 Dogs The domestic dog, Canis familiaris, comprising about 400 breeds, of the carnivore family CANIDAE. They are worldwide in distribution and live in association with people. (Walker's Mammals of the World, 5th ed, p1065) Canis familiaris,Dog
D005625 Frontal Lobe The part of the cerebral hemisphere anterior to the central sulcus, and anterior and superior to the lateral sulcus. Brodmann Area 8,Brodmann's Area 8,Frontal Cortex,Frontal Eye Fields,Lobus Frontalis,Supplementary Eye Field,Area 8, Brodmann,Area 8, Brodmann's,Brodmanns Area 8,Cortex, Frontal,Eye Field, Frontal,Eye Field, Supplementary,Eye Fields, Frontal,Frontal Cortices,Frontal Eye Field,Frontal Lobes,Lobe, Frontal,Supplementary Eye Fields
D005793 Generalization, Psychological The phenomenon of an organism's responding to all situations similar to one in which it has been conditioned. Generalization (Psychology),Generalization, Psychology,Generalizations (Psychology),Generalizations, Psychological,Generalizations, Psychology,Psychological Generalization,Psychological Generalizations,Psychology Generalization,Psychology Generalizations
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
D001307 Auditory Perception The process whereby auditory stimuli are selected, organized, and interpreted by the organism. Auditory Processing,Perception, Auditory,Processing, Auditory
D001362 Avoidance Learning A response to a cue that is instrumental in avoiding a noxious experience. Aversion Behavior,Aversion Learning,Aversive Behavior,Aversive Learning,Avoidance Behavior,Aversion Behaviors,Aversive Behaviors,Avoidance Behaviors,Behavior, Aversion,Behavior, Aversive,Behavior, Avoidance,Behaviors, Aversion,Behaviors, Aversive,Behaviors, Avoidance,Learning, Aversion,Learning, Aversive,Learning, Avoidance

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