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Scaleworms were trained 20 trials per day for 3 days to traverse a straight alley. Consistent and substantial response decrement was exhibited under both massed and spaced conditions. Although both receptor adaptation and effector fatigue may have contributed to the performance level, the data were interpreted to reflect primarily a process of central habituation.
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This experiment was conducted at Bodega Marine Laboratory of the University of California during the first author’s tenure as National Science Foundation Science Faculty Fellow. The authors wish to thank Dr. Cadet Hand, Director of the laboratory, for making the facilities available and Dr. Charles Stasek and Dr. Milton Miller for providing for collection of the specimens.
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Dyal, J.A., Hetherington, K. Habituation in the polychaete Hesperonoë adventor . Psychon Sci 13, 263–264 (1968). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03342515
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