Abstract
Two groups of rats were trained to select the arm of a T-maze previously entered by another rat. One group was trained to follow the trail of a rat that was reinforced with food in the goalbox, while the other group was trained to follow an animal that was not reinforced. Significantly more animals following nonreinforced rats attained high level performance, 80–90% correct choices, than did animals following reinforced rats. Further, the rats providing the odor cues were more active in the goalbox following nonreinforcement than they were following reinforcement. Possibly the activity difference is responsible for the difference in the performance of the pathfinders.
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