Measuring cognitive judgement bias in rats using the ambiguous-cue interpretation test

Current Protocols in Neuroscience

Volumn 2017, Issue , 2017, Pages 9.57.1-9.57.22

  Papciak, Justyna ^a,b   Rygula, Rafal ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHARMACOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ambiguous cue interpretation; Cognitive judgement bias; Optimism; Pessimism; Rat

Indexed keywords

AMBIGUOUS-CUE INTERPRETATION PARADIGM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE BIAS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS; EXPECTATION; FOOTSHOCK; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPERANT BEHAVIORAL TEST; OPTIMISM; PESSIMISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNISHMENT; RAT; REWARD; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ASSOCIATION; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL BIAS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIAS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; CUES; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; JUDGMENT; RATS; REWARD;

EID: 85029424138     PISSN: 19348584     EISSN: 19348576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cpns.19     Document Type: Article

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