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Bilateral septal lesions produced a significant improvement in the acquisition of a two-way active avoidance response in the hamster in comparison to the performance of operated controls and normal animals. A significant negative correlation was found between trials to criterion and intertrial spontaneous crossings for all groups combined. It appeared that normal hamsters have difficulty learning a two-way locomotor avoidance response.
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1. Supported by Grants NSF B-1149 and B-4604. The paper is based on a Masters thesis by E.S.M., University of Florida, December, 1964.
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Matalka, E.S., Bunnell, B.N. Septal ablation and CAR acquisition in the golden hamster. Psychon Sci 12, 27–28 (1968). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03331171
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