T-maze shock avoidance in the hermit crab Dardanus arrosor

J. Cuadras
E. Vila
J. Balasch
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Abstract

Specimens of the hermit crab Dardanus arrosor go indistinctively towards any of the arms of a T-maze if lighting is uniform. The difference between the probabilities of going towards one arm rather than the other tends to zero as the number of trials is increased. If only one of the arms is lightened, hermits go preferably towards the dark one: The difference between the two probabilities tends to 0.500. If the animals attracted by the dark zone are electroshocked (60 V, 2.5 seconds) near their oral zone, the probability of going towards the light zone increases (statistically significant). Differences between the learning abilities of both sexes are not significant.
Keywords:
Animals, Anomura/physiology, Conditioning, Electroshock, Learning, Operant/physiology, Photic Stimulation, Probability

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J. Cuadras
E. Vila
J. Balasch


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