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

McGregor, Anthony, Jones, Peter M., Good, Mark Andrew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1824-1203 and Pearce, John Martindale ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6121-8650 2006. Further evidence that rats rely on local rather than global spatial information to locate a hidden goal: reply to Cheng and Gallistel (2005). Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes 32 (3) , pp. 314-321. 10.1037/0097-7403.32.3.314

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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.

Item Type:	Article
Status:	Published
Schools:	Psychology
Publisher:	American Psychological Association
ISSN:	0097-7403
Last Modified:	07 Feb 2023 16:17
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/32776

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