Bell G A, Gibbs M E
Brain Res. 1977 Mar 25;124(2):263-70. doi: 10.1016/0006-8993(77)90884-8.
Efficient interocular transfer of a one-trial passive avoidance task by the day-old domestic chicken, for whom the optic nerves decussate completely, raised the question of whether memory for the task was held in one or both sides of the forebrain. Intracranial injection of ouabain or cycloheximide to the trained hemisphere immediately after learning suppressed avoidance behaviour learned monocularly, while injection to the untrained side did not. Memory for the task was established in the side of the brain served by the eye used in learning. Interocular transfer was therefore achieved by the untrained hemisphere borrowing information from the other side's store. The presence of memories in the trained side was not sufficient to establish memory in the naive side.
对于视神经完全交叉的一日龄家鸡而言，其能够高效地进行单试次被动回避任务的眼间转移，这就引发了一个问题，即该任务的记忆是存储在前脑的一侧还是两侧。学习后立即向受过训练的半球进行颅内注射哇巴因或放线菌酮，会抑制单眼学习到的回避行为，而向未受过训练的一侧注射则不会。该任务的记忆是在学习时使用的那只眼睛所对应的脑侧建立的。因此，眼间转移是通过未受过训练的半球从另一侧的存储中获取信息来实现的。在受过训练的一侧存在记忆并不足以在未接触过该任务的一侧建立记忆。
