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In a four-phase study with rats serving as subjects, a multiple-baseline technique was used to assess the relationship between runway behavior and odor cues. The results show that behavior was controlled more by the cue property of odor than by memory.
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This research was supported by a Faculty Research Grant from Middle Tennessee State University to the first author, and a Tower Fund Research Grant from Austin Peay State University to the third author.
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Prytula, R.E., Lawler, S.M. & Davis, S.F. Odor-mediated double-alternation responding: A multiple-baseline reversal demonstration. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 6, 181–184 (1975). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03333185
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