• DOI:10.1016/j.beproc.2007.02.021
Corpus ID: 34130920

Training and long-term memory of a novel food acquisition task in a turtle (Pseudemys nelsoni)

@article{Davis2007TrainingAL,
  title={Training and long-term memory of a novel food acquisition task in a turtle (Pseudemys nelsoni)},
  author={Karen M. Davis and G. Burghardt},
  journal={Behavioural Processes},
  year={2007},
  volume={75},
  pages={225-230}
}

Karen M. Davis, G. Burghardt

Published 2007

Biology, Medicine

Behavioural Processes

We developed a shaping procedure for training Florida red-bellied cooters, Pseudemys nelsoni, to dislodge clear plastic bottles to obtain food pellets. The animals were then trained in a 2-choice problem to choose only the bottle containing pellets. All nine turtles learned the task of knocking over bottles for food. For the discrimination task, turtles chose the correct bottle 71% on average. After 2 months (82-84 days), and again after another 7.5 months (228 days) of no interaction with the… CONTINUE READING

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