Contextual control of long-term habituation in rats.

摘要: This study examined contextual control of long-term habituation and whether such effects are dependent on the habituating response system. Habituation acoustic startle transferred from home cage to testing context, whereas lick suppression was context specific (Experiments 1 2). Contextual demonstrated between 2 experimental contexts for a tone (Experiment 3) bar-press light 4). Experiment 5 extinguished orienting with 27 exposures context. Context specificity both responses also found. Previous failures demonstrate may be due choice system less sensitive procedures detect recovery. The mechanism is independent process or processes that underlie in other systems, but nature these mechanisms not yet known.