Martinez and Kessner (1991) Flashcards
what were the participants in Martinez and Kessner
Rats
Martinez and Kessner Aim
the affec Acetylcholine has on memory
what was the method of Martinez and Kessner
rats trained on how to complete a maze using a good reward
what were the groups for the rats in Martinez and Kessner?
Group1 injected with ACh inhibitor drug (antagonist)
Group 2: injected with Ach promoter drug (agonist)
group 3: no injection(control)
What where the results of Martinez and Kessner?
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
Martinez and Kessner strengths
Ethical
Martinez and Kessner weaknesses
Ethicality
Not generalizable to humans