Aversive and non-reward learning in the fire-bellied toad using familiar and unfamiliar prey stimuli
The present study investigated how snapping behavior toward familiar and unfamiliar prey is modified by reward omission and aversive conditioning in the fire-bellied toad Bombina orientalis. Toads were trained to snap at cricket images by rewarding them with live crickets. The task was learned, and...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2011-12-01
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Series: | Current Zoology |
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Online Access: | http://www.currentzoology.org/paperdetail.asp?id=11947 |