Moustgaard Anette, Hau Jann
Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Copenhagen and University Hospital of Copenhagen, Copenhagen N, Denmark.
Behav Processes. 2009 Sep;82(1):104-7. doi: 10.1016/j.beproc.2009.04.011. Epub 2009 May 4.
A forced-choice procedure in T-maze designed for the induction of habits was used to induce strong habits in rats. The response choices of rats in 20 free-choice trials were compared after the rats had been subjected to 1 or 200 forced-choice trials to one side of the T-maze. After 200 forced-choice trials the rats showed a significant (p<.001) propensity for the habitual arm of the maze in the subsequent free-choice trials. The habit was at least as pronounced when analysed over the last 10 free-choice trials as when it was analysed over the first 10 free-choice trials. When the rats were given the opportunity to explore the entire maze immediately before the free-choice challenge after 200 forced-choice trials, this resulted in a large variation in the choice pattern of the individual rats, and a subgroup of rats choose the newly opened maze arm in 95-100% of the 20 free-choice trials.
一种用于诱导习惯形成的T型迷宫强制选择程序被用来在大鼠中诱导强烈的习惯。在大鼠在T型迷宫的一侧接受1次或200次强制选择试验后,比较它们在20次自由选择试验中的反应选择。经过200次强制选择试验后,大鼠在随后的自由选择试验中对迷宫的习惯臂表现出显著(p<0.001)的偏好。当分析最后10次自由选择试验时,习惯至少与分析前10次自由选择试验时一样明显。在经过200次强制选择试验后的自由选择挑战之前,当给予大鼠立即探索整个迷宫的机会时,这导致了个体大鼠选择模式的巨大差异,并且在20次自由选择试验中,有一个大鼠亚组在95%-100%的试验中选择了新开放的迷宫臂。