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Septal lesions did not impair retention of a simple discrimination task that was based on geotaxic cues, but it did disturb the ability of the animals to make fine discriminations and prolonged extinction when the animals were not preloaded with water.
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Holdstock, T.L., Edelson, A. Retention of a geotaxic discrimination task following septal lesions in rats. Psychon Sci 15, 169–170 (1969). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03336263
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