Use of a maze test to assess spatial learning and memory in cattle: Can cattle traverse a complex maze?
| Autor: | Chihiro Tomita, Karin Yamada, Masahiko Hirata |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Release point 05 social sciences 0402 animal and dairy science 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences Water maze 040201 dairy & animal science Eating time Developmental psychology Test (assessment) Food Animals Oasis maze Spatial learning 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Animal Science and Zoology 050102 behavioral science & comparative psychology Completion time Psychology psychological phenomena and processes |
| Zdroj: | Applied Animal Behaviour Science. 180:18-25 |
| ISSN: | 0168-1591 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.applanim.2016.04.004 |
| Popis: | Maze tests were conducted to assess spatial learning and memory in Japanese Black cows (Bos taurus). The test arena (14 × 14 m) was designed so that it could contain no maze or one of four different mazes of increasing complexity (L1–L4 mazes), with a food reward at the opposite end of the release point to entice test cows. Cows were individually released into the arena and tested for 5 min to measure the time to reach the food reward (completion time) and the time spent eating the reward (eating time). Experiment 1 subjected 15 cows initially to the no-maze situation, then to the L4 maze, and finally to the no-maze situation again. None of the cows were able to traverse the L4 maze although 10 cows retained the motivation to reach the reward, showing significant (P |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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