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Conterversial study.
It appears nicotine self administration modifies the female type approach strategy to solving problems.
It's interesting to note how a substance can modify/adapt behaviour like this under stress, a better adaptive substance may be available, the female type strategy may lead to world peace!!
"Nicotine supported acquisition and rats increased their nicotine intake during WM testing; this effect was more pronounced in male rats with minimum nicotine preference and intake. Furthermore, nicotine modified the "female type" strategy in solving the place-learning task and nicotine treated female rats, unlike control females, behaved like males".
Nicotine intake and problem solving strategies are modified during a cognitively demanding water maze task in rats. - PubMed - NCBI
It appears nicotine self administration modifies the female type approach strategy to solving problems.
It's interesting to note how a substance can modify/adapt behaviour like this under stress, a better adaptive substance may be available, the female type strategy may lead to world peace!!
"Nicotine supported acquisition and rats increased their nicotine intake during WM testing; this effect was more pronounced in male rats with minimum nicotine preference and intake. Furthermore, nicotine modified the "female type" strategy in solving the place-learning task and nicotine treated female rats, unlike control females, behaved like males".
Nicotine intake and problem solving strategies are modified during a cognitively demanding water maze task in rats. - PubMed - NCBI