| An investigation of habituation in the jellyfish Aurelia aurita. | |
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PMID: 8129686 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Three experiments were conducted to examine the effectiveness of different forms of tactile stimulation, probe and stream, and interstimulus intervals (ISI) in producing habituation in the polypoid sessile stage of the jellyfish Aurelia aurita. Results from Experiment 1 showed that polyps significantly decreased their responsiveness to both forms of tactile stimulation with 30-s ISI across 60 trials. Response to a novel stimulus indicated that the response decrement had not been due to fatigue. When the ISI was lengthened to 6 min in Experiment 2, response to the probe form of tactile stimulation did not significantly decrease across 20 trials. Using an ISI of 1 min in Experiment 3, response to the probe form of tactile stimulation decreased significantly across 40 trials. A significant increase in response to the original stimulus (dishabituation) following presentation of a novel stimulus indicated that response decrement was due to habituation or a habituation-like process rather than simple effector fatigue or sensory adaptation. |
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Authors:
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M C Johnson; K L Wuensch |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Behavioral and neural biology Volume: 61 ISSN: 0163-1047 ISO Abbreviation: Behav. Neural Biol. Publication Date: 1994 Jan |
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Created Date: 1994-04-13 Completed Date: 1994-04-13 Revised Date: 2006-11-15 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 7905471 Medline TA: Behav Neural Biol Country: UNITED STATES |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 54-9 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Psychology, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina 27858-4353. |
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Animals Behavior, Animal / physiology Habituation, Psychophysiologic / physiology* Physical Stimulation Scyphozoa / physiology* Touch / physiology |
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