Heat training in the box turtle (Terrapene Carolina)

Abstract

A box turtle was trained on a black-white discrimination task, using escape from heat as a reinforcer. Original learning was followed by five successive cue reversals. It was surprising that the animal’s performance did not deteriorate with the first reversal and a learning set failed to develop over the remaining four reversals. The data on this animal were compared to those obtained on gerbils in an earlier study. © 1976, The Psychonomic Society, Inc.. All rights reserved.