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Further evidence that rats rely on local rather than global spatial information to locate a hidden goal: Reply to Cheng & Gallistel (2005)

McGregor, A.; Jones, P.M.; Good, M.A.; Pearce, J.M.

Authors

P.M. Jones

M.A. Good

J.M. Pearce



Abstract

Naive male Hooded Lister rats (Rattus norvegicus) were required to find a submerged platform in a right-angled corner between a long and a short wall of a pool in the shape of an irregular pentagon. Tests in a rectangular pool revealed a preference for the corners that corresponded with the correct corner in the pentagon. These findings indicate that rats identified the correct corner in the pentagon by local cues. They contradict the suggestion that rats navigate by moving in a particular direction relative to the principal axis of the shape of their environment.

Citation

McGregor, A., Jones, P., Good, M., & Pearce, J. (2006). Further evidence that rats rely on local rather than global spatial information to locate a hidden goal: Reply to Cheng & Gallistel (2005). Journal of experimental psychology. Animal behavior processes, 32(3), 314-321. https://doi.org/10.1037/0097-7403.32.3.314

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date 2006-07
Deposit Date Jan 26, 2009
Journal Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes
Print ISSN 0097-7403
Electronic ISSN 1939-2184
Publisher American Psychological Association
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 32
Issue 3
Pages 314-321
DOI https://doi.org/10.1037/0097-7403.32.3.314
Publisher URL http://content.apa.org/journals/xan/32/3/314


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