3 hedgehogs permitted to hibernate for five days after learning a multiple-Y maze did not differ in post-hibernation scores from 3 control animals maintained in a wakeful state for the same period. Non-confirmation of a retroaction hypothesis was attributed to failure of controls to forget.
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