Abstract
Independent groups of rats received posterior hypothalamic stimulation of 0.5, 1.0, 3.0, or 5.0 sec duration as a reward for performance in a brightness discrimination task. Acquisition of this discrimination was found to be inversely and linearly related to the duration of rewarding stimulation. It is suggested that long durations of hypothalamic stimulation, while generating strong approach tendencies, may retard learning by interfering with critical association and/or consolidation processes.
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