Operant Protocols for Assessing the Cost-benefit Analysis During Reinforced Decision Making by Rodents
Title:
Operant Protocols for Assessing the Cost-benefit Analysis During Reinforced Decision Making by Rodents
Author:
Kermani, Mojtaba
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Publication Information:
Cambridge, MA MyJoVE Corp 2016
Physical Description:
online resource (425 seconds)
Series:
Neuroscience
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Abstract:
A cost-benefit analysis is a weighing-scale approach that the brain performs during the course of decision making. Here, we propose a protocol to train rats on an operant-based decision-making paradigm where rats choose higher rewards at the expense of waiting for 15 s to receive them.
Reading Level:
For undergraduate, graduate, and professional students
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Electronic Access:
https://www.jove.com/t/57907