Mueller-Paul Julia, Wilkinson Anna, Hall Geoffrey, Huber Ludwig
Department of Cognitive Biology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
J Comp Psychol. 2012 Aug;126(3):305-17. doi: 10.1037/a0026881. Epub 2012 Mar 5.
The radial-arm maze is an established method for testing an animal's spatial win-shift behavior. Research on mammals, birds, and fish has shown that the mastery of this task is commonly mediated, to different degrees, by two types of strategy: those based on external cues and those based on response stereotypy. In the present study we trained four red-footed tortoises (Geochelone carbonaria) to navigate an eight-arm radial maze while providing different levels of access to visual room cues. The results indicate that response stereotypy is the more prevalent mechanism in these tortoises, although navigation based on landmarks can also occur if learned initially. The findings suggest that tortoise spatial navigation may be more similar to that observed in mammals and birds than previously thought.
放射状臂迷宫是一种用于测试动物空间交替行为的既定方法。对哺乳动物、鸟类和鱼类的研究表明，掌握这项任务通常在不同程度上由两种策略介导：基于外部线索的策略和基于反应刻板性的策略。在本研究中，我们训练了四只红腿陆龟（红腿陆龟）在提供不同程度视觉房间线索的情况下，在一个八臂放射状迷宫中导航。结果表明，反应刻板性是这些陆龟中更普遍的机制，尽管如果最初学习的话，基于地标导航也可能发生。研究结果表明，陆龟的空间导航可能比以前认为的更类似于在哺乳动物和鸟类中观察到的情况。
