Cain R E, Carlson R H
J Gen Psychol. 1975 Apr;92(2d Half):267-72. doi: 10.1080/00221309.1975.9710853.
Six prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus) were given reversal training on a spatial discrimination reversal task in a Wisconsin General Test Apparatus (WGTA). As with many other species, more errors occurred on the first reversal problem than during acquisition of the original discrimination. However, performance improved over training until each S eventually reversed after a single nonreinforced error. Initial findings indicate that prairie dogs perform at high levels in discrimination learning experiments and could be valuable subjects for psychological research.
六只草原犬鼠（黑尾土拨鼠）在威斯康星通用测试装置（WGTA）中接受了空间辨别反转任务的反转训练。与许多其他物种一样，在第一个反转问题上出现的错误比在原始辨别学习过程中更多。然而，随着训练的进行，表现有所改善，直到每个实验对象最终在一次未强化错误后完成反转。初步研究结果表明，草原犬鼠在辨别学习实验中表现出色，可能是心理学研究的有价值的实验对象。
