Conditioning and retention, as studied in a behavior-genetic analysis of the blowfly Phormia regina: A search for relationships between learning and memory

Using proboscis extension (unconditioned response) to sucrose (unconditioned stimulus), individual blowflies (Phormia regina) were classically conditioned to saline (conditioned stimulus). Directional and stabilizing selection for retention and conditioning, respectively, have bred two strains of flies originating from a single foundation population, in which both strains are similar in regard to acquisition but different in regard to retention. These results provide evidence for the notion that acquisition and the retention of the conditioned response are not influenced by the same genetic system(s).

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Psychology

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Jackson, Duane Myron

Contributors dc:contributor

• Hirsch, Jerry

• Psychology, Psychobiology
• Biology, Genetics
• Psychology, Experimental

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1990 Jackson, Duane Myron

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI9114279
(UMI)AAI9114279

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/20294