Conditional self-discrimination of the subjective night and day in Wistar and Sprague-Dawley rats

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Published: Apr 3, 2017
DOI: https://doi.org/10.32348/1852.4206.v9.n1.15197
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Conditional Self-discrimination, subjective day/night, circadian rhythms, rats, Sprague-Dawley, Wistar

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Paris Barbachano Montero
Universidad de las Américas
Julio C. Penagos-Corzo
Universidad de las Américas
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4879-3033
Andres M. Pérez Acosta
Universidad del Rosario
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1133-8926

Abstract

Conditional self-discrimination is defined as a type of stimulus control in which discriminative stimulus is some aspect of the same individual, subsequently associated with an arbitrary stimulus. This capacity is neither exclusively human nor exclusively verbal. In this study, conditional self-discrimination of subjective day/night was explored in Sprague-Dawley and Wistar rats. For this purpose, one experiment was designed in which discriminative stimulus was the natural internal state of the organism with respect to day and night. It was found that both strains are able to discriminate subjective night but not subjective day. No significant differences were found between the strains. Results are discussed mainly in terms of the nocturnal nature of rats and the difficulty of the task.

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Conditional self-discrimination of the subjective night and day in Wistar and Sprague-Dawley rats. (2017). Argentinean Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 9(1), 34-43. https://doi.org/10.32348/1852.4206.v9.n1.15197
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Paris Barbachano Montero, Universidad de las Américas

Paris Barbachano Montero estudió su licenciatura en psicología en la Universidad de las Américas Puebla.

Cuenta con una extensa experiencia en investigación científica, pues en el 2013 y en el 2014 Paris Barbachano participó cómo Asistente de investigación en el Instituto de Fisiología de la Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla. Incluso ha trabajado como psicoterapeuta en el Hospital Psiquiátrico Casa de la Salud.

Julio C. Penagos-Corzo, Universidad de las Américas

Profesor de Tiempo Completo, Departamento de Psicología

Andres M. Pérez Acosta, Universidad del Rosario

Profesor Titular, Programa de Psicología, Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud

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Conditional self-discrimination of the subjective night and day in Wistar and Sprague-Dawley rats. (2017). Argentinean Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 9(1), 34-43. https://doi.org/10.32348/1852.4206.v9.n1.15197

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