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Six of 12 hippocampally lesioned and5 of 11 cortically lesioned rats were given 16 nondeprived exposure trials in a T-maze prior to acquisition of a spatial discrimination. The remaining Ss in each lesion group were given no preacquisition maze exposure. Ss in both lesion groups who were given preacquisition maze exposure required fewer trials to acquire the discrimination.
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Means, L.W. Latent learning in rats with hippocampal lesions. Psychon Sci 16, 51–52 (1969). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03331911
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