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From: crown@dukempd.UUCP (Rick Crownover)
Newsgroups: sci.bio,sci.psychology
Subject: Intelligent Parrots
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Date: 8 Apr 88 15:26:17 GMT
Organization: Duke University Physics Dept.; Durham, N.C.
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Keywords: Hard Wired Behavior


	Regarding the question of whether "any" behavior is hard wired.
I recall reading about behavior-response pairings which were apparently
not possible.  Something about rats being able to associate electric
shocks with a visual stimulus, but not nausea with a visual stimulus?
Some of you "cognitive psych" people must be familiar with the experiment.
If no one has heard of it, I'll dig out a reference.
	The conclusion drawn by the people who did the experiment (I'm
going to find the reference anyway-- the frustrations of distant memory!)
was that some stimulus-response (that is what I meant in the second line)
pairings were hard wired in some cases.  Their intent seemed to be 
demonstration of an Achilles heel in Skinner's theory of behavior.
	Anyone heard of this experiment, and remember the details?
	                               Aloha,  Rick
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