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T-maze

(tē′māz′)
n. Psychology
A simple maze with one branch point, used for experimental studies of mice or other small animals. One arm of the maze leads to a reward, while the other is without an exit. Also called Y-maze.
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McNamara, Long and Wike (1956) attempted to closely follow Thorndike's suggestion in a spatial discrimination learning experiment using a T-maze (see also Dodwell and Bessant, 1960, for a rather similar demonstration of latent learning using a water maze with eight choice points).
As noted, cadmium exposure may have facilitated T-maze performance by reducing olfactory based, competing stimuli (Smith et al., 1982).
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