Effect of posterior thalamic lesions on retention of a brightness discrimination motivated by thirst.
- 1 January 1966
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology
- Vol. 62 (1), 125-128
- https://doi.org/10.1037/h0023465
Abstract
An earlier study disclosed that bilateral damage to the nucleus posterior thalami failed to interfere with retention of a visual CR [conditioned response] motivated by thirst. In the present study, significant deficits in retention were obtained from similarly placed lesions on retention of a black-white discrimination habit formed under thirst motivation. The rank-order correlation between the extent of damage to the nucleus posterior and the individual savings score was .73.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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