Spatial orientation and learning performance (i.e. traverse times) were not different from untreated rams, when assessed at 83 and 95 weeks of age, following the discontinuation of peripubertal GnRHa-treatment at 44 weeks of age. However, the effects of peripubertal GnRHa-treatment to increase emotional reactivity, persisted into the second year of life after GnRHa-treatment had been discontinued, because the manner in which rams moved through the maze (i.e. maze progress pattern) over multiple same-day maze attempts differed from the Controls. Interestingly, these aspects of how the rams progressed through a maze appeared to be dependent on the level of gonadal steroid exposure (i.e. quicker maze progression during breeding season vs. slower maze progression during non-breeding season).