Electronic Resource
Oxford, UK
:
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
The @journal of eukaryotic microbiology
19 (1972), S. 0
ISSN:
1550-7408
Source:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Topics:
Biology
Notes:
SYNOPSIS. When placed in a vertical capillary tube of 0.5 mm inner diameter opening at the bottom end into a reservoir, Stentor coeruleus learns to escape; that is, on the 1st trial it takes a long time to find its way out and much less time on the 2nd and succeeding trials. It was found that learning did not occur in a horizontal tube, or in a vertical tube with the open end above, or in tubes of 1 or 2 mm inner diameter. To explain the results it is suggested that the response is actually a delayed geotaxis released only after a definite period of mechanical stimulation from bumping into the walls of the tube. Possibly the phenomenon is related to the process of habituation to mechanical stimuli which has been elucidated by other authors.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1550-7408.1972.tb03506.x
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