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Twelve male Mongolian gerbils were tested for spontaneous alternation in a T maze, a U maze, and a parallel-arm maze. Alternation rates did not exceed chance in any of the mazes. Albino rats, on the other hand, did alternate in the T and U mazes but not in the parallel-arm maze. It is suggested that the vestibular system of the gerbil may be associated with their failure to display spontaneous alternation.
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Greenberg, G. Replication report: No spontaneous alternation in gerbils. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 1, 141–142 (1973). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03334323
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