As add-on software to our line of touchscreen chambers from Campden Instruments, a wide range of behavioral tasks have been developed to probe different areas of cognition, most of which are ready to run, include all required training paradigms, and can easily be modified as needed.
An important consideration in the development of translational tasks has been to maximize the likelihood that the same cognitive abilities are used by both animals and humans to perform each test. Consequently, complex tasks are broken down into their constituent elements and each element assessed independently of the next in a step-by-step progression through the test. Guiding a subject through the test in this way restricts the use of alternative strategies and permits an analysis of performance in terms of the cognitive components involved. Functional equivalence is suggested if the pattern of performance of animals and humans, at each stage of the test, is qualitatively similar and if comparable impairments are seen following damage to selective brain structures.
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Extinction (EXT) for Rats
Adapted for rats, this is a simple, but powerful, test of behavioral inhibition.
Extinction (EXT) for Mice
Adapted for mice, this is a simple, but powerful, test of behavioral inhibition.
Progressive Ratio and Effort Related Choice Task (PR/ERC) for Rats
Adapted for rats, this touch screen task has been shown equivalent to those performed with levers or nose-poke holes in measuring motivation and reward-related decision making.
Delay Discounting Task (DD) for Rats
Adapted for rats. As a measure of impulsivity, the Delay Discounting Task (DD) measures how long the rodent is prepared to wait for a larger reward.
Probabilistic Reversal Learning (PRL) for Rats
Adapted for rats. Designed to measure sensitivity to valence feedback information, PRL is sensitive to serotonergic manipulations, suggesting this test may be used to study depression-relevant behavior.
Probabilistic Reversal Learning (PRL) for Mice
Adapted for mice. Designed to measure sensitivity to valence feedback information, PRL is sensitive to serotonergic manipulations, suggesting this test may be used to study depression-relevant behavior.
Delay Discounting Task (DD) for Mice
Adapted for mice. As a measure of impulsivity, the Delay Discounting Task (DD) measures how long the rodent is prepared to wait for a larger reward.
Progressive Ratio and Effort Related Choice Task (PR/ERC) for Mice
Adapted for mice, this touch screen task has been shown equivalent to those performed with levers or nose-poke holes in measuring motivation and reward-related decision making.
Rodent Continuous Performance Task: Image (rCPT) for Mice
Adapted for mice. In this Rodent CPT (Image) task, 5 different images are shown briefly, one at a time and in a random order. One of the images is designated the target stimulus. In order to obtain reward, the subject [...]
Rodent Continuous Performance Task: Image (rCPT) for Rats
Adapted for rats. In this Rodent CPT (Image) task, 5 different images are shown briefly, one at a time and in a random order. One of the images is designated the target stimulus. In order to obtain reward, the subject [...]
