An automated training device for pattern discrimination learning of group-housed gerbils.
The setup, designed for the rodent Meriones unguiculatus (gerbil), allows flexible stimulus presentations and rewarding as well as on-line data registration. It consists of a spacious housing where the animals have free access to water. Food is supplied exclusively in the y-maze training compartment and serves as a reinforcer in an operant conditioning paradigm.
Meier
M
M
University of Bremen, Germany.
Reinermann
R
R
Warlich
J
J
Manteuffel
G
G
D000818:Animals; D004193:Discrimination Learning; D005260:Female; D005849:Gerbillinae; D008297:Male; D008838:Microcomputers; D011589:Psychology, Experimental / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012055:Reinforcement Schedule; D012931:Social Environment