The time, the path, its length and strenuousness in maze learning
Previous findings show that rats in a maze tend to choose the shortest path to reach food. But it is not clear whether this choice is based on path length solely, or some other factors. The aim of this experiment was to investigate which factor dominates the behavior in a maze: path (longer and shor...
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| description | Previous findings show that rats in a maze tend to choose the shortest path to reach food. But it is not clear whether this choice is based on path length solely, or some other factors. The aim of this experiment was to investigate which factor dominates the behavior in a maze: path (longer and shorter), time (longer and shorter), or effort (more or less strenuous). The experiment involved 40 mice (4 groups), learning a maze with two paths. Each group went through only one of the situations within which we kept one factor constant on two paths while the remaining two factors were varied. Only in the fourth situation all factors were equalized. The results show that there is a statistically significant difference in the maze path preference between four situations. Preference between the paths is such that mice always choose paths requiring less effort. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-195dd9a295164ce2850fc2597c36cf5c2022-12-22T03:40:41ZengDrustvo Psihologa SrbijePsihologija0048-57051451-92832022-01-0155331332810.2298/PSI210301005K0048-57052200005KThe time, the path, its length and strenuousness in maze learningKostić Senka0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8426-0851Tošković Oliver1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7580-6418Department of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Priština in Kosovska MitrovicaLaboratory for Experimental Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, SerbiaPrevious findings show that rats in a maze tend to choose the shortest path to reach food. But it is not clear whether this choice is based on path length solely, or some other factors. The aim of this experiment was to investigate which factor dominates the behavior in a maze: path (longer and shorter), time (longer and shorter), or effort (more or less strenuous). The experiment involved 40 mice (4 groups), learning a maze with two paths. Each group went through only one of the situations within which we kept one factor constant on two paths while the remaining two factors were varied. Only in the fourth situation all factors were equalized. The results show that there is a statistically significant difference in the maze path preference between four situations. Preference between the paths is such that mice always choose paths requiring less effort.http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0048-5705/2022/0048-57052200005K.pdfmaze learningcognitive mapsmaze path lengthtime needed to exit the mazeeffort required to exit the maze |
| spellingShingle | Kostić Senka Tošković Oliver The time, the path, its length and strenuousness in maze learning Psihologija maze learning cognitive maps maze path length time needed to exit the maze effort required to exit the maze |
| title | The time, the path, its length and strenuousness in maze learning |
| title_full | The time, the path, its length and strenuousness in maze learning |
| title_fullStr | The time, the path, its length and strenuousness in maze learning |
| title_full_unstemmed | The time, the path, its length and strenuousness in maze learning |
| title_short | The time, the path, its length and strenuousness in maze learning |
| title_sort | time the path its length and strenuousness in maze learning |
| topic | maze learning cognitive maps maze path length time needed to exit the maze effort required to exit the maze |
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