Limited evidence for learning in a shuttle box paradigm in crickets (Acheta domesticus)

Aversive learning has been studied in a variety of species, such as honey bees, mice, and non-human primates. Since aversive learning has been found in some invertebrates and mammals, it will be interesting to know if this ability is shared with crickets. This paper provides data on aversive learnin...

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Autores principales:	Kiri Li N. Stauch, Riley J. Wincheski, Jonathan Albers, Timothy E. Black, Michael S. Reichert, Charles I. Abramson
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:8015871569184a2da6a5d3fce71b07622021-12-01T04:30:44ZLimited evidence for learning in a shuttle box paradigm in crickets (Acheta domesticus)10.3897/jor.30.651721937-2426https://doaj.org/article/8015871569184a2da6a5d3fce71b07622021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://jor.pensoft.net/article/65172/download/pdf/https://jor.pensoft.net/article/65172/download/xml/https://jor.pensoft.net/article/65172/https://doaj.org/toc/1937-2426Aversive learning has been studied in a variety of species, such as honey bees, mice, and non-human primates. Since aversive learning has been found in some invertebrates and mammals, it will be interesting to know if this ability is shared with crickets. This paper provides data on aversive learning in male and female house crickets (Acheta domesticus) using a shuttle box apparatus. Crickets are an ideal subject for these experiments due to their well-documented learning abilities in other contexts and their readily quantifiable behaviors. The shuttle box involves a two-compartment shock grid in which a ‘master’ cricket can learn to avoid the shock by moving to specific designated locations, while a paired yoked cricket is shocked regardless of its location and therefore cannot learn. Baseline control crickets were placed in the same device as the experimental crickets but did not receive a shock. Male and female master crickets demonstrated some aversive learning, as indicated by spending more time than expected by chance in the correct (no shock) location during some parts of the experiment, although there was high variability in performance. These results suggest that there is limited evidence that the house crickets in this experiment learned how to avoid the shock. Further research with additional stimuli and other cricket species should be conducted to determine if house crickets and other species of crickets exhibit aversive learning.Kiri Li N. StauchRiley J. WincheskiJonathan AlbersTimothy E. BlackMichael S. ReichertCharles I. AbramsonPensoft PublishersarticleZoologyQL1-991ENJournal of Orthoptera Research, Vol 30, Iss 2, Pp 155-161 (2021)
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description	Aversive learning has been studied in a variety of species, such as honey bees, mice, and non-human primates. Since aversive learning has been found in some invertebrates and mammals, it will be interesting to know if this ability is shared with crickets. This paper provides data on aversive learning in male and female house crickets (Acheta domesticus) using a shuttle box apparatus. Crickets are an ideal subject for these experiments due to their well-documented learning abilities in other contexts and their readily quantifiable behaviors. The shuttle box involves a two-compartment shock grid in which a ‘master’ cricket can learn to avoid the shock by moving to specific designated locations, while a paired yoked cricket is shocked regardless of its location and therefore cannot learn. Baseline control crickets were placed in the same device as the experimental crickets but did not receive a shock. Male and female master crickets demonstrated some aversive learning, as indicated by spending more time than expected by chance in the correct (no shock) location during some parts of the experiment, although there was high variability in performance. These results suggest that there is limited evidence that the house crickets in this experiment learned how to avoid the shock. Further research with additional stimuli and other cricket species should be conducted to determine if house crickets and other species of crickets exhibit aversive learning.
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author	Kiri Li N. Stauch Riley J. Wincheski Jonathan Albers Timothy E. Black Michael S. Reichert Charles I. Abramson
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title	Limited evidence for learning in a shuttle box paradigm in crickets (Acheta domesticus)
title_short	Limited evidence for learning in a shuttle box paradigm in crickets (Acheta domesticus)
title_full	Limited evidence for learning in a shuttle box paradigm in crickets (Acheta domesticus)
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