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  • Title: Latent inhibition and perceptual learning in a swimming-pool navigation task.
    Author: Prados J, Chamizo VD, Mackintosh NJ.
    Journal: J Exp Psychol Anim Behav Process; 1999 Jan; 25(1):37-44. PubMed ID: 9987857.
    Abstract:
    In each of 3 experiments, rats were preexposed to the 4 distinct landmarks surrounding a circular pool before being trained to find a submerged platform located in a fixed position in the pool. When preexposure was to pairs of adjacent landmarks, it consistently retarded subsequent learning (a latent inhibition effect). When preexposure was to 1 landmark at a time, then, provided the 4 landmarks all contained a salient feature in common, preexposure facilitated subsequent learning (a perceptual learning effect). The results provide little support for the notion of a cognitive map and are quite consistent with an associative analysis.
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