Conditional self-discrimination of the subjective night and day in Wistar and Sprague-Dawley rats
Conditional self-discrimination is defined as a type of stimulus control in which discriminative stimulus is some aspect of the same individual, subsequently associated with an arbitrary stimulus. This capacity is neither exclusively human nor exclusively verbal. In this study, conditional self-disc...
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author | Barbachano Montero, Paris Penagos-Corzo, Julio C. Pérez Acosta, Andres M. |
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description | Conditional self-discrimination is defined as a type of stimulus control in which discriminative stimulus is some aspect of the same individual, subsequently associated with an arbitrary stimulus. This capacity is neither exclusively human nor exclusively verbal. In this study, conditional self-discrimination of subjective day/night was explored in Sprague-Dawley and Wistar rats. For this purpose, one experiment was designed in which discriminative stimulus was the natural internal state of the organism with respect to day and night. It was found that both strains are able to discriminate subjective night but not subjective day. No significant differences were found between the strains. Results are discussed mainly in terms of the nocturnal nature of rats and the difficulty of the task. |
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spelling | oai:ojs.revistas.unc.edu.ar:article-151972019-06-05T16:16:10Z Conditional self-discrimination of the subjective night and day in Wistar and Sprague-Dawley rats Autodiscriminación condicional del día y noche subjetivos en ratas Wistar y Sprague-Dawley Barbachano Montero, Paris Penagos-Corzo, Julio C. Pérez Acosta, Andres M. autodiscriminación condicional día/noche subjetivos ritmos circadianos ratas Sprague-Dawley Wistar Conditional Self-discrimination subjective day/night circadian rhythms rats Sprague-Dawley Wistar Conditional self-discrimination is defined as a type of stimulus control in which discriminative stimulus is some aspect of the same individual, subsequently associated with an arbitrary stimulus. This capacity is neither exclusively human nor exclusively verbal. In this study, conditional self-discrimination of subjective day/night was explored in Sprague-Dawley and Wistar rats. For this purpose, one experiment was designed in which discriminative stimulus was the natural internal state of the organism with respect to day and night. It was found that both strains are able to discriminate subjective night but not subjective day. No significant differences were found between the strains. Results are discussed mainly in terms of the nocturnal nature of rats and the difficulty of the task. La autodiscriminación condicional se define como un tipo de control de estímulos en el que el estímulo discriminativo es algún aspecto del mismo individuo, posteriormente asociado de forma condicionada a estímulos arbitrarios. Esta capacidad no es exclusivamente humana, ni verbal. En este estudio se exploró la autodiscriminación condicional del día y la noche subjetivos en ratas de las cepas Wistar y Sprague-Dawley. Para este propósito se diseñó un experimento en el que el estímulo discriminativo fue el estado interno natural del sujeto respecto al día y la noche. Se encontró que ambas cepas son capaces de discriminar la noche subjetiva, mas no el día subjetivo. No se encontraron diferencias significativas entre las cepas. Se discuten los resultados principalmente en términos de la naturaleza nocturna de las ratas y de la dificultad de la tarea. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba 2017-04-03 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Experimental application/pdf https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/racc/article/view/15197 10.32348/1852.4206.v9.n1.15197 Argentinean Journal of Behavioral Sciences; Vol. 9 No. 1 (2017): Revista Argentina de Ciencias del Comportamiento; 34-43 Revista Argentina de Ciencias del Comportamiento; Vol. 9 Núm. 1 (2017): Revista Argentina de Ciencias del Comportamiento; 34-43 1852-4206 10.32348/1852.4206.v9.n1 spa https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/racc/article/view/15197/Barbachano2017 Derechos de autor 2017 Paris Barbachano Montero, Julio C. Penagos-Corzo, Andres M. Pérez Acosta |
spellingShingle | autodiscriminación condicional día/noche subjetivos ritmos circadianos ratas Sprague-Dawley Wistar Conditional Self-discrimination subjective day/night circadian rhythms rats Sprague-Dawley Wistar Barbachano Montero, Paris Penagos-Corzo, Julio C. Pérez Acosta, Andres M. Conditional self-discrimination of the subjective night and day in Wistar and Sprague-Dawley rats |
title | Conditional self-discrimination of the subjective night and day in Wistar and Sprague-Dawley rats |
title_alt | Autodiscriminación condicional del día y noche subjetivos en ratas Wistar y Sprague-Dawley |
title_full | Conditional self-discrimination of the subjective night and day in Wistar and Sprague-Dawley rats |
title_fullStr | Conditional self-discrimination of the subjective night and day in Wistar and Sprague-Dawley rats |
title_full_unstemmed | Conditional self-discrimination of the subjective night and day in Wistar and Sprague-Dawley rats |
title_short | Conditional self-discrimination of the subjective night and day in Wistar and Sprague-Dawley rats |
title_sort | conditional self discrimination of the subjective night and day in wistar and sprague dawley rats |
topic | autodiscriminación condicional día/noche subjetivos ritmos circadianos ratas Sprague-Dawley Wistar Conditional Self-discrimination subjective day/night circadian rhythms rats Sprague-Dawley Wistar |
topic_facet | autodiscriminación condicional día/noche subjetivos ritmos circadianos ratas Sprague-Dawley Wistar Conditional Self-discrimination subjective day/night circadian rhythms rats Sprague-Dawley Wistar |
url | https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/racc/article/view/15197 |
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