RE: MIT research reports rats dream of mazes

From: Scott Chase (ecphoric@hotmail.com)
Date: Sat Jan 27 2001 - 07:08:53 GMT

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    >From: "Gatherer, D. (Derek)" <D.Gatherer@organon.nhe.akzonobel.nl>
    >Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
    >To: "'memetics@mmu.ac.uk'" <memetics@mmu.ac.uk>
    >Subject: RE: MIT research reports rats dream of mazes
    >Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 09:03:47 +0100
    >
    >Aha! Getting warmer.....
    >
    >Zh Obshch Biol 1988 Mar-Apr;49(2):255-62
    >
    >The nature of the social relations of male Tryon strain rats (Tryon maze
    >bright and Tryon maze dull) assessed by biochemical criteria.
    >
    >[Article in Russian]
    >
    >Krushinskaia NL, Zolotareva NN, Dmitrieva IL
    >
    >In Russian and with no abstract..... Not our lucky day. However, I
    >suspect
    >in this case that by 'social relations of male ... rats' they simply mean
    >how the rats attack, defend or cower when placed in cages together. Adult
    >male rats have very little to say to each other apart from 'get off my
    >patch!'
    >
    >
    Tryon rings a bell. Haven't people been looking at subtle effects in rodent
    (mice and rat) experiments trying to explore supposed Lamarckian phenomena.
    The name McDougall comes to mind also. May as well bring some maiuetic toads
    in for good measure ;-)

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