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Three groups of rats ran 16 acquisition trials, for water reward, in a multiple unit straight-alley maze. Group I was presented with a light stimulus in compartment I; group II in compartment III; and, group ill in compartment V. The groups were divided in two and on the 17th trial were presented with the stimulus in a different compartment. It was shown that locomotor patterns established during acquisition trials, conforming generally to those described by Hull, were affected by the change in the location of the light stimulus. The change in locomotor speed patterns suggests that goal and anticipatory gradients are essentially indeces of perception of cues to relative position in the maze.
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Fried, R. The effect of disparity in visual cues on the goal gradient and the anticipatory gradient in the rat. Psychon Sci 6, 117–118 (1966). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03327985
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