Martinez and Kessner (1991) Flashcards
1
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what were the participants in Martinez and Kessner
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Rats
2
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Martinez and Kessner Aim
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the affec Acetylcholine has on memory
3
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what was the method of Martinez and Kessner
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rats trained on how to complete a maze using a good reward
4
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what were the groups for the rats in Martinez and Kessner?
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Group1 injected with ACh inhibitor drug (antagonist)
Group 2: injected with Ach promoter drug (agonist)
group 3: no injection(control)
5
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What where the results of Martinez and Kessner?
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Group 1 was slowest and made the most errors
Group 2 was fastest and made the least mistakes
this leaves us to believe that ACh has a correlation with memory
6
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Martinez and Kessner strengths
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Ethical
7
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Martinez and Kessner weaknesses
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Ethicality
Not generalizable to humans
