Using touchscreen equipped operant chambers to study animal cognition. Benefits, limitations, and advice.

Operant chambers are small enclosures used to test animal behavior and cognition. While traditionally reliant on simple technologies for presenting stimuli (e.g., lights and sounds) and recording responses made to basic manipulanda (e.g., levers and buttons), an increasing number of researchers are...

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Main Authors: Benjamin M Seitz, Kelsey McCune, Maggie MacPherson, Luisa Bergeron, Aaron P Blaisdell, Corina J Logan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0246446