Spatial learning and their relevance in amphibians

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Published: Dec 13, 2013
DOI: https://doi.org/10.32348/1852.4206.v5.n3.5552
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spatial learning, amphibians, medial pallium, hippocampus, comparative analysis of learning

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Rubén N. Muzio
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental. Laboratorio de Biología del Comportamiento
María Florencia Daneri
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental. Laboratorio de Biología del Comportamiento

Abstract

This article provides an update on strategies and neural basis of spatial learning, paying special attention to amphibians. Analysis of learning strategies has proved that amphibians, as many other groups, are capable of spatial orientation using either a turn strategy (own body reference) or a guide strategy (use of a visual cue or beacon) and that distance between this visual cue and the reinforcer has an effect on the learning rate. Use of two or more visual cues (landmarks) was also evaluated in relation with what was initially called a “cognitive map”. Concerning neural bases, the role of the amphibian medial pallium (homologue area of mammalian hippocampus) was determined to be crucial for spatial orientation, but their complete functional equivalence is being questioned.

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Spatial learning and their relevance in amphibians. (2013). Argentinean Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 5(3), 38-49. https://doi.org/10.32348/1852.4206.v5.n3.5552
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Rubén N. Muzio, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental. Laboratorio de Biología del Comportamiento

Grupo de Aprendizaje y Cognición Comparada (IBYME-CONICET), Argentina.

Cátedra de Biología del Comportamiento e Instituto de Investigaciones, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), Argentina

María Florencia Daneri, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental. Laboratorio de Biología del Comportamiento

Grupo de Aprendizaje y Cognición Comparada (IBYME-CONICET), Argentina.

Cátedra de Biología del Comportamiento e Instituto de Investigaciones, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), Argentina

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Spatial learning and their relevance in amphibians. (2013). Argentinean Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 5(3), 38-49. https://doi.org/10.32348/1852.4206.v5.n3.5552

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