The operant and the classical in conditioned orientation of Drosophila melanogaster at the flight simulator.

@article{citeulike:877191, abstract = {Ever since learning and memory have been studied experimentally, the relationship between operant and classical conditioning has been controversial. Operant conditioning is any form of conditioning that essentially depends on the animal's behavior. It relies on operant behavior. A motor output is called operant if it controls a sensory variable. The Drosophila flight simulator, in which the relevant behavior is a single motor variable (yaw torque), fully separates the operant and classical components of a complex conditioning task. In this paradigm a tethered fly learns, operantly or classically, to prefer and avoid certain flight orientations in relation to the surrounding panorama. Yaw torque is recorded and, in the operant mode, controls the panorama. Using a yoked control, we show that classical pattern learning necessitates more extensive training than operant pattern learning. We compare in detail the microstructure of yaw torque after classical and operant training but find no evidence for acquired behavioral traits after operant conditioning that might explain this difference. We therefore conclude that the operant behavior has a facilitating effect on the classical training. In addition, we show that an operantly learned stimulus is successfully transferred from the behavior of the training to a different behavior. This result unequivocally demonstrates that during operant conditioning classical associations can be formed.}, address = {Department of Genetics, Theodor-Boveri-Institute for Biosciences, 97074 W\"{u}rzburg, Germany.}, author = {Brembs, B. and Heisenberg, M. }, citeulike-article-id = {877191}, issn = {1072-0502}, journal = {Learn Mem}, keywords = {behavior, classical, condijtioning, conditioning, drosophila, learning, memory, neurobiology, neuroscience, operant, pavlovian}, number = {2}, pages = {104--115}, posted-at = {2006-09-29 07:53:44}, priority = {0}, title = {The operant and the classical in conditioned orientation of Drosophila melanogaster at the flight simulator.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10753977}, volume = {7}, year = {2000} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:877191 L3 - citeulike-article-id:877191 TI - The operant and the classical in conditioned orientation of Drosophila melanogaster at the flight simulator. JF - Learn Mem VL - 7 IS - 2 SP - 104 EP - 115 AD - Department of Genetics, Theodor-Boveri-Institute for Biosciences, 97074 Würzburg, Germany. SN - 1072-0502 N2 - Ever since learning and memory have been studied experimentally, the relationship between operant and classical conditioning has been controversial. Operant conditioning is any form of conditioning that essentially depends on the animal's behavior. It relies on operant behavior. A motor output is called operant if it controls a sensory variable. The Drosophila flight simulator, in which the relevant behavior is a single motor variable (yaw torque), fully separates the operant and classical components of a complex conditioning task. In this paradigm a tethered fly learns, operantly or classically, to prefer and avoid certain flight orientations in relation to the surrounding panorama. Yaw torque is recorded and, in the operant mode, controls the panorama. Using a yoked control, we show that classical pattern learning necessitates more extensive training than operant pattern learning. We compare in detail the microstructure of yaw torque after classical and operant training but find no evidence for acquired behavioral traits after operant conditioning that might explain this difference. We therefore conclude that the operant behavior has a facilitating effect on the classical training. In addition, we show that an operantly learned stimulus is successfully transferred from the behavior of the training to a different behavior. This result unequivocally demonstrates that during operant conditioning classical associations can be formed. KW - behavior KW - classical KW - condijtioning KW - conditioning KW - drosophila KW - learning KW - memory KW - neurobiology KW - neuroscience KW - operant KW - pavlovian AU - Brembs, B AU - Heisenberg, M PY - 2000///r UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10753977 ER -