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Sensory preconditioning in newborn rabbits: from common to distinct odor memories.
Audrey TouratGérard CoureaudGuillaume FerreiraGuillaume Ferreirasubject
Sensory preconditioningOlfactory perceptionCognitive NeuroscienceAmnesia03 medical and health sciencesCellular and Molecular Neuroscience[ SDV.NEU.SC ] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Neurons and Cognition [q-bio.NC]/Cognitive Sciences0302 clinical medicineMemoryConditioning PsychologicalmedicineAnimals0501 psychology and cognitive sciences050102 behavioral science & comparative psychologyOlfactory memoryCommunicationbusiness.industrymusculoskeletal neural and ocular physiology05 social sciences[SDV.NEU.SC]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Neurons and Cognition [q-bio.NC]/Cognitive SciencesSmellNeuropsychology and Physiological PsychologyOdorAnimals NewbornOdorantsConditioningRabbitsmedicine.symptombusinessPsychologyNeuroscience030217 neurology & neurosurgerypsychological phenomena and processesdescription
Brief Communication; International audience; This study evaluated whether olfactory preconditioning is functional in newborn rabbits and based on joined or independent memory of odorants. First, after exposure to odorants A+B, the conditioning of A led to high responsiveness to odorant B. Second, responsiveness to B persisted after amnesia of A. Third, preconditioning was also functional with two overlapping pairs of odorants (A+B and B+C) and amnesia of one odorant did not affect memory of the others. Thus, incidental pairing of odorants allows reinforcement of one odorant to implicitly reinforce the others, the bond then vanishes, and the memory of each element becomes independent.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-01-01 |