Discrimination learning in a foraging situation.

Abstract:

:Rats were allowed to forage in a simulated natural environment made up of eight food sources (patches) each containing a fixed number of pellets. Two of the eight contained an extra supply of peanuts. The peanut patches were signaled by an olfactory/visual cue located at the bottom of the ladder leading to the patch. In successive phases the number of sessions per day, height of the patches, and availability of peanuts were manipulated. Subjects showed evidence of discrimination learning under these conditions, although the degree of discriminatory behavior varied as a function of environmental manipulations. Assessment of behavior within foraging sessions showed that subjects systematically changed their patterns of utilization of patches across time. Sampling or exploration, as well as food reinforcement, seem implicated in these results.

journal_name

J Exp Anal Behav

authors

Mellgren RL,Brown SW

doi

10.1901/jeab.1988.50-493

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1988-11-01 00:00:00

pages

493-503

issue

3

eissn

0022-5002

issn

1938-3711

journal_volume

50

pub_type

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