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Woo, Kevin L.; Burke, Darren – Psicologica: International Journal of Methodology and Experimental Psychology, 2008
Testing sensory characteristics on herpetological species has been difficult due to a range of properties related to physiology, responsiveness, performance ability, and the type of reinforcer used. Using the Jacky lizard as a model, we outline a successfully established procedure in which to test the visual sensitivity to motion characteristics.…
Descriptors: Animation, Stimuli, Motion, Physiology
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Harrison, Fiona E.; Reiserer, Randall S.; Tomarken, Andrew J.; McDonald, Michael P. – Learning & Memory, 2006
The Barnes maze is a spatial memory task that requires subjects to learn the position of a hole that can be used to escape the brightly lit, open surface of the maze. Two experiments assessed the relative importance of spatial (extra-maze) versus proximal visible cues in solving the maze. In Experiment 1, four groups of mice were trained either…
Descriptors: Conditioning, Visual Perception, Heuristics, Science Experiments