Abstract
Effects of four pesticides (carbaryl, propoxur, chlordimeform, and deltamethrin) and two reference drugs, physostigmine and chlordiazepoxide, were measured on the performance of rats trained on a continuous non-match (CNM) delayed comparison, working memory procedure. These same compounds were also tested in analogous, large and small stimulus difference discrimination (i.e., non working-memory) procedures. The effects of the pesticides and physostigmine on CNM performance were qualitatively similar, and also similar to their effects on discrimination performance. As dosage of these compounds increased, only small effects on accuracy were observed, followed at still larger doses by an abrupt and non-selective decrease in all responding. The pesticides and physostigmine did not selectively affect working memory: the magnitude of their effects did not increase with intertrial interval, and the compounds were equally effective in disrupting discrimination and CNM performance. Effects of chlordiazepoxide on performance in the CNM and discrimination control procedures differed qualitatively from those of the pesticides and physostigmine.
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