There have been many studies that have taken that into consideration. I remember reading research where the maze was sprayed with shaving cream to ensure no remaining odors. I used to clean my radial arm maze with household clearner, too. Carol
Carol DeVolder, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Psychology St. Ambrose University Davenport, Iowa 52803 phone: 563-333-6482 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Paul Brandon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 12:25 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Re: Pheronomes and maze learning At 5:19 PM +0000 8/31/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I often wonder if some of the results showing rats navigating a maze >for a primary reward could be the results of prior rats leaving a trail >of a specific scent. I am assuming that a rat rewarded at one arm of a >maze would leave a scent associated with a reward and this becomes a >discriminative stimulus for the others.- Which is why standard rat maze procedure is to line the maze with paper and change the paper after each trial. -- The best argument against Intelligent Design is that fact that people believe in it. * PAUL K. BRANDON [EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Psychology Dept Minnesota State University * * 23 Armstrong Hall, Mankato, MN 56001 ph 507-389-6217 * * http://krypton.mnsu.edu/~pkbrando/ * --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang= english --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english
