For acquisition of instrumental learning, one of the three illuminated nose-poke apertures was designated as active (left, center, or right) in a pseudo-randomized and balanced manner for each genotype.
Indeed, the time (with respect to pellet delivery) at which the lever presses are concentrated is a good indication of the proper acquisition of this instrumental learning task.
The PHY and SOPHY groups presented better performances in the rotarod test and in the acquisition of the instrumental learning task.
In any case, our results cannot support the involvement of neurogenesis in the effects or enriched environment on a better motor performance or on the acquisition of selective associative learning tasks as instrumental learning.
Even prior to taking the helm, Maxwell, who spent 37 years with Philip Morris, was instrumental in acquisitions, helping the company obtain a 25% stake in Rothmans International, a British cigarette maker.
As a trustee of the college, he was instrumental in the acquisition of the mansion.
He was instrumental in the acquisition of the USS Intrepid for the floating Sea, Air, and Space Museum in New York City.
He was cited in the exhibition's press release, and Alice C. Hudson, the chief of the library's Map Division and the curator of the exhibition, warmly acknowledged "the contribution of E. Forbes Smiley III, whose advice and counsel were instrumental in the acquisition... and whose research is found between the lines of much of the exhibition text".
Monte Irvin, who made the social leap from the Negro leagues to the New York Giants two years after Robinson signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers, once told Sean Gibson that when his great-grandfather was buried in Allegheny Cemetery in Pittsburgh, Irvin was instrumental in the acquisition of a headstone.
Masslynx 4.1 software was used for instrumental control, and acquisition and processing of the data.
But she testified that senior honchos, including Swartz, later told her to change the statement to say that Walsh had merely been "instrumental" in the acquisition.
