Association cortex lesions and umweg behavior in cats.

Three groups of 7 cats were subjected to anterior or posterior association cortex lesions or sham lesions. Both anterior and posterior preparations were impaired in performance on the Hebb-Williams maze task, but did not differ significantly, thus supporting the argument of R. F. Thompson et al (1963) that structurally distinct association fields are equivalent parts of a general functional system. (17 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)