Measuring affect-related cognitive bias: Do mice in opposite affective states react differently to negative and positive stimuli?

Affect-driven cognitive biases can be used as an indicator of affective (emotional) state. Since humans in negative affective states demonstrate greater responses to negatively-valenced stimuli, we investigated putative affect-related bias in mice by monitoring their response to unexpected, task-irr...

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Main Authors: Anna C Trevarthen, Sarah Kappel, Claire Roberts, Emily M Finnegan, Elizabeth S Paul, Isaac Planas-Sitjà, Michael T Mendl, Carole Fureix
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0226438