Combined data were analyzed from 2 studies in which hooded rats received either high, low, or mixed amounts of reward in a linear maze prior to performance in a 4-unit multiple-Y maze. The three amount-of-reward groups, together with a no-experience control group, were subdivided into highland low-reward Ss during Y-maze training. Y-maze errors were not reliably related to the previous reward experience in the linear maze, but the second study did show the influence of the original experience on speed measures in the Y-maze. Errors and speed measures in the Y-maze were influenced by contemporary amount of reward.
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