The Influence of Early Auditory Experience on Later Auditory and Tactual Variation Seeking in the Rat
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-1976
Abstract
Albino rats were raised under 1 of 4 conditions of auditory stimulation from 22--35 days of age. At 40 days, preferences for auditory and tactual variation were assessed in separate runway tests. Results were analyzed in a split-plot design for each of 2 measures of variation seeking. Subjects experiencing more-variable early stimulation scored higher than subjects receiving less-variable stimulation on 1 measure of variation-seeking and lower on the 2nd measure. The effect was intermodal since these results were obtained for tactual as well as auditory variation seeking.
Repository Citation
Hennessy, M. B.,
Hershberger, W. A.,
Bell, R. W.,
& Zachman, T. A.
(1976). The Influence of Early Auditory Experience on Later Auditory and Tactual Variation Seeking in the Rat. Developmental Psychobiology, 9 (3), 255-260.
https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/psychology/175
DOI
10.1002/dev.420090309
