Journal article
Variations in Learning Reflect Individual Differences in Sensory Function and Synaptic Integration
Behavioral neuroscience, Vol.110(5), pp.1084-1095
10/1996
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.110.5.1084
PMID: 8919011
Abstract
With the invertebrate
Hermissenda
as subjects, variability in acquisition of a learned association between light and rotation was correlated with the magnitude of the unconditioned responses elicited by these stimuli. Moreover, learning was facilitated by increasing stimulus intensity. In the isolated nervous system, pairings of light and mechanical stimulation of the animal's vestibular hair cells resulted in an increase in the excitability of B photoreceptors (an in vitro index of learning) that was strongly correlated with the strength of the synaptic interaction between the hair cells and the photoreceptors and weakly correlated with the magnitude of the light response in the photoreceptors. Because these in vitro results are not attributable to motor or motivational variables, they suggest that the efficacy of synaptic integration between sensory systems and sensory transduction is the primary determinant of the variability in learning.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Variations in Learning Reflect Individual Differences in Sensory Function and Synaptic Integration
- Creators
- Louis D Matzel - Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyIsabel A Muzzio - Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyAndrew C Talk - Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Behavioral neuroscience, Vol.110(5), pp.1084-1095
- DOI
- 10.1037/0735-7044.110.5.1084
- PMID
- 8919011
- NLM abbreviation
- Behav Neurosci
- ISSN
- 0735-7044
- eISSN
- 1939-0084
- Publisher
- American Psychological Association
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 10/1996
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences; Iowa Neuroscience Institute
- Record Identifier
- 9984295025702771
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