appetitively en · ADV
Etymology
From appetitive + -ly.
Meanings
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In an appetitive manner.
One explanation for the different results obtained using the two procedures is that the motivation in the Morris water maze is avoidance of an aversive stimulus (water), whereas the radial arm maze is an appetitively motivated task.
2007 December 4, Mark D. Spritzer, Mandeep Gill, Alex Weinberg, Liisa A. M. Galea, “Castration Differentially Affects Spatial Working and Reference Memory in Male Rats”, in Archives of Sexual Behavior, volume 37, number 1, →DOI:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most appetitively | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more appetitively | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |