CN1969614A - Behavior experimental system and method for testing learning abilities of animals objectively in multiple levels - Google Patents

Behavior experimental system and method for testing learning abilities of animals objectively in multiple levels Download PDF

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CN1969614A
CN1969614A CN 200510086956 CN200510086956A CN1969614A CN 1969614 A CN1969614 A CN 1969614A CN 200510086956 CN200510086956 CN 200510086956 CN 200510086956 A CN200510086956 A CN 200510086956A CN 1969614 A CN1969614 A CN 1969614A
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The invention discloses a behavior experiment system to observe animal studying ability objectively, which consists of T-shaped non-transparent tank and safe table in the tank, wherein the tank is composed of transverse arm and vertical arm; the bottom of transverse arm possesses vent pipe, which connects draining hose to outlet; the height of safe table can be adjusted, which is set on one side bottom of transverse arm; two signal lamps are set on each sides of two ends of T-shaped tank transverse arms; the infrared sensor is set at intersecting part of vertical arm and transverse arm of tank; the infrared sensor, signal lamp and signal control switch constitute signal lamp controlling system through safe pressure controlling circuit.

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A kind of behavioral experiment system and method for testing learning abilities of animals objectively in multiple levels
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of performance testing device of animal learning ability, specifically, be a kind of behavioral experiment system and method significance signal learning ability, testing learning abilities of animals objectively in multiple levels of rat of testing from simple dimensional orientation learning ability to complexity.
Background technology
The labyrinth is the performance testing device of the mensuration animal learning ability used always, mainly comprises two classes: water maze (is medium with water) and food labyrinth.What water maze was the most frequently used is Morris water maze behavior pattern.This pattern is an injection experiments required water amount in the column type bucket, and the rat of experiment usefulness is put into bucket, by observe, the record rat seeks the used time of platform, distance, the learning ability of testing rat towards behavioral datas such as angle and strategies.Chinese patent application number for example: 01134760.0, put down in writing a kind of water maze in this application.Studies confirm that, animal is determined the position of platform in the water maze by multiple learning strategy, as related environmental cues (experimenter's the position around the labyrinth, object on every side or the like), the modes such as space characteristic of direction in space that also may be by relative inlet and distance and water maze self are carried out the location of platform.The difference of the positioning strategy that adopts along with animal, the influence to the behavioral indicator of animal when environmental information changes also is different.In fact, in the experimental implementation process of reality, animal often is not based on a certain policy learning, may adopt multiple strategy to learn simultaneously.But animal actual which kind of or which kind positioning strategy that adopts in experiment is said very difficult mensuration and control from work angle, exists individual difference between different animals.Therefore, the behavior of adopting this quasi-mode to measure learning strategy and the Effect of Environmental in various degree of having mixed.In food labyrinth pattern, often food, the drinking-water by the control animal inspires looking for food of animal and looks for water motor.And then estimate its learning ability by the speed of animal location food and water relatively.But because the hungry full degree of animal different when the individual physical difference of animal and beginning fasting, through after the identical fasting time, the hunger intensity of animal impression is different during experiment, and the intensity of the motivation of looking for food of generation is difference just also.These must have influence on the mensuration of animal behavior index, thereby disturb the accurate evaluation to the animal learning ability.
Summary of the invention
One of purpose of the present invention is the device that remedies the learning strategy of above-mentioned two kinds of behavior patterns, is difficult for determining and the inconsistent weak point of behavior motive; In addition, because the learning ability of animal shows different strong and weak levels, the performance testing of single-mode can not be from the uneven difference that reflects the animal learning ability of difference; Thereby the invention provides a kind of experimental system and methods of testing, thereby more accurately and objectively estimate the real or potential learning ability of animal from the simple learning ability difference of learning the different difficulty or ease levels of sophisticated signal study.
The object of the present invention is achieved like this:
The behavioral experiment system of testing learning abilities of animals objectively in multiple levels provided by the invention comprises: a water tank is provided with safety board in the water tank; It is characterized in that: described water tank be one that form by transverse arm and straight-arm, be used to hold into the required T type water tank of experiment with opaque liquid; The transverse arm bottom is provided with the draining mouth of pipe, and the water tube hose that can run in feeds sewer; Described safety board is a Height Adjustable shelf, and is arranged on transverse arm one side bottom (position of safety board is unfixing, can be arranged on the left side or the right side of transverse arm); Respectively be provided with a signal lamp on the sidewall of T type water tank transverse arm two ends; At water tank straight-arm and transverse arm infall infrared photoreceptor is housed, infrared photoreceptor, signal lamp, signal lamp gauge tap, be electrically connected the composition signal lamp control system by the safe voltage controller circuitry, traffic controller is installed on the lower end lateral wall of water tank straight-arm.
In above-mentioned technical scheme, the shape of described safety board is by a cylinder or support, one circular platform is set on it forms, described circular platform is installed on cylinder or the support by height-adjustable structure, and the diameter on plane, circular platform top is at least 16cm; Described height-adjustable structure comprises on the cylinder and being threaded that there is screw the circular platform bottom, and cylinder and circular platform screw togather fixing; Perhaps the circular platform bottom is porose, and the sidewall in hole has screw, with a screw cylinder and circular platform is fixed.
In above-mentioned technical scheme, the composition of described safe voltage control circuit comprises:
One double-point double-throw switch is as signal lamp gauge tap (7), and is electrically connected the signal lamp control circuit of forming 2 symmetries respectively by two signal lamps, triode thyrister, pull-up resistor, signal lamp current-limiting resistance; Adopt double-point double-throw switch to realize that the power supply of the signal lamp control circuit of two symmetries switches and the input of detection signal is switched;
Adopt infrared rays to transmit and receive pipe, variable potentiometer, D flip-flop or time-delay relay are electrically connected the composition photoelectric detective circuit, the triggering excitation control to the signal lamp control circuit is provided;
The safe voltage supply module adopts low-voltage power supply module commercially available, that meet the animal safety voltage request, to signal lamp control circuit and photoelectric detective circuit power supply.
The signal lamp control circuit is divided into A, B two-way independent path, is controlled by SW (DPDT); C, D are one group of infrared electro control circuit, and time-delay relay can be kept the step state.When SW is dialled when putting the left side, signal lamp A path is placed under the control, and signal lamp B path is guaranteed can be not luminous! Vice versa, thereby realize arbitrarily opening by the signal lamp gauge tap job requirement of transverse arm left side or right-side signal lamp.For example, when gauge tap places the left side, then when animal is passed in water tank straight-arm and transverse arm infall infrared photoreceptor is housed, animal has been blocked infrared sensitization circuit, the signal input safe voltage controller that infrared photoreceptor is accepted, by signal lamp gauge tap control left side circuit communication, the left side lamp is bright.Otherwise, when gauge tap places the right side, then when animal is blocked infrared sensitization circuit, the right side circuit communication, starboard light is bright.
In above-mentioned technical scheme, described infrared photoreceptor is that commercially available infrared rays transmits and receives pipe.
In above-mentioned technical scheme, described signal lamp gauge tap is commercially available double-point double-throw switch.
When using this device to experimentize, gently carry the animal tail, allow animal from the entry of straight-arm lower end.Observational record animal behavior index comprises that rat lands the required training time of safety board (latent period) for the first time, and rat lands the time of platform and correctly reaches the number of times (correct response frequency) of safety board continuously.
Method of carrying out behavioral experiment in the behavioral experiment system of testing learning abilities of animals objectively in multiple levels provided by the invention comprises the steps:
1. the test of simple left and right sides dimensional orientation learning ability: platform fixedly is placed a certain side (left side or right side) of water storage box, allow animal from the lower end entry of straight-arm, the record animal lands the time of safety board and the route of swimming.The correct response of animal be after the animal entry directly trip to the safety board side and land, the study standard is correct response to occur continuous four times, reaches the required frequency of training of study standard and reaches the criterion of the time of safety board as the animal learning ability with animal; Animal reach the required frequency of training of study standard more less, reach time of safety board and shortly more show that then animal dimensional orientation learning ability is strong more;
2. the test of Fu Za significance signal learning ability: with the direction of light signal indication safety board, i.e. the position random fluctuation of platform, but always consistent with the light signal indicated direction; Therefore, if animal along with the directed platform of the indication of signal lamp, can the show the animal acquistion definitely meaning of light signal, and the learning strategy that adopts is unified.Like this, this system can the filtering environmental clue change or the different influence of learning strategy, keeps the uniformity of animal learning background, and the animal learning time of Ce Dinging has been reflected the learning ability of animal more accurately on this basis; During experiment, allow animal from the lower end entry of straight-arm, the record animal lands the time and the swimming route of safety board; The correct response of animal be after the animal entry according to the light direction indication directly trip to the safety board of signal lamp one side and land, the study standard is correct response to occur continuous four times, reach the required frequency of training of study standard and reach the criterion of the time of safety board with animal as the animal learning ability, animal reach the required frequency of training of study standard more less, reach time of safety board and shortly more show that then the dimensional orientation learning ability of animal sophisticated signal meaning is strong more;
3. the learning ability again of significance signal conversion: the first step, adopt the described method animal training of step 2, until Zoological Society according to the directed safety board of light signal position; In second step, the conversion training method changes the safety board random fluctuation into, but the offside of always indicating at light signal; During experiment, allow animal from the lower end entry of straight-arm, the record animal lands the time and the swimming route of safety board.The correct response of animal be after the animal entry according to the light direction indication directly trip to the safety board of signal lamp offside and land, the study standard is correct response to occur continuous four times, the time that reaches the required frequency of training of study standard and reach safety board with animal is as the animal criterion of learning ability again, animal reach the required frequency of training of study standard more less, reach time of safety board and shortly more then show animal learning ability is strong more or the learning strategy transfer capability is strong more again.
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Fig. 1 is the behavioral experiment system vertical view of testing learning abilities of animals objectively in multiple levels of the present invention
Fig. 2 is the behavioral experiment system architecture schematic diagram of testing learning abilities of animals objectively in multiple levels of the present invention
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1-transverse arm 2-signal lamp 3-discharge outlet 4-safety board
The infrared photoreceptor 7-of 5-straight-arm 6-signal lamp gauge tap 8-water tank
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Below in conjunction with drawings and Examples T type water maze structure of the present invention is described in detail:
Embodiment 1
With reference to Fig. 1 and 2, make a T type water maze of the present invention, make a T type water tank 8 of forming by transverse arm 1 and straight-arm 5 with moulding spray black sheet material, 180 centimetres of transverse arm 1 length, 70 centimetres of straight-arm 5 length, transverse arm and straight-arm width are 40 centimetres, and water tank is high 75 centimetres.The right lateral angle in transverse arm 1 bottom has a discharge outlet 3, is equipped with a tool plug drainpipe on the discharge outlet 3,5 centimeters of diameters, and the water tube hose that can run in feeds sewer.Bottom one side of transverse arm 1 is provided with a Height Adjustable safety board 4 (adjustable-height 20-25 centimetre).The position of safety board 4 is fixing, can about change.Described safety board 4 is made up of a cylinder and a circular platform, is threaded on the described cylinder, and there is screw the circular platform bottom, and cylinder and circular platform screw togather fixing, and the diameter on plane, circular platform top is 16cm.This T type water tank places on high 15 centimeters the bracing frame, is used to hold into the required opaque liquid of using of experiment, and as milk or prepared Chinese ink water etc., injecting opaque liquid is dark 21-27cm at water tank, and liquid level exceeds safety board 1-2 centimetre, 18 ℃ of temperature.
Respectively be provided with a signal lamp 2 and 3 on the T type water tank transverse arm 1 two ends sidewall; At water tank straight-arm 5 and transverse arm 1 infall infrared photoreceptor 6 is housed, infrared photoreceptor 6, signal lamp 2 and 3, signal lamp gauge tap 7, be electrically connected the composition signal lamp control system by the safe voltage controller circuitry, traffic controller is installed on the lower end lateral wall of water tank straight-arm.
One double-point double-throw switch (SW) is as signal lamp gauge tap (7), and is electrically connected signal lamp control circuit A, the B that forms 2 symmetries respectively by two signal lamps 2 and 3, triode thyrister, pull-up resistor, signal lamp current-limiting resistance; Adopt double-point double-throw switch to realize that the power supply of the signal lamp control circuit of two symmetries switches and the input of detection signal is switched;
Signal lamp control system: signal lamp control system is electrically connected by the safe voltage control circuit by signal lamp 2, infrared photoreceptor 6 and signal lamp gauge tap 7 three parts forms signal lamp control system.On the T type water tank transverse arm 1 two ends sidewall signal lamp 2 is arranged respectively; The emission of one infrared rays is housed and adopter is infrared photoreceptor 6, control signal lamp unlatching when animal passes at water tank straight-arm 1 and transverse arm 5 infalls; Which side signal lamp opening (left side or right side) by the control of signal lamp gauge tap as for, traffic controller is installed on the lower end lateral wall of water tank straight-arm.
The safe voltage control circuit as shown in Figure 3, the composition of described safe voltage control circuit comprises: double-point double-throw switch, signal lamp, triode thyrister, pull-up resistor, signal lamp current-limiting resistance, infrared rays transmit and receive pipe, variable potentiometer, D flip-flop (or time-delay relay), safe voltage supply module, and corresponding components and parts connector/seat.The input of double-point double-throw switch is electrically connected with the signal output part of photoelectric detective circuit, adopts double-point double-throw switch to realize that the power supply of the signal lamp control circuit of two symmetries switches and the input of detection signal is switched; Adopt triode thyrister, signal lamp current-limiting resistance, pull-up resistor to form two symmetrical groups signal lamp control circuit; Adopt infrared rays to transmit and receive pipe, variable potentiometer, D flip-flop (or time-delay relay) are formed photoelectric detective circuit, the triggering excitation control to the signal lamp control circuit is provided; The safe voltage supply module adopts low-voltage power supply module commercially available, that meet the animal safety voltage request, provides power supply to each power circuit.
Signal lamp is divided into A, B two-way independent path, is controlled by the SW that buys on the market (DPDT), and C, D are one group of infrared electro control circuit, and time-delay relay can be kept the step state.When SW is dialled when putting the left side, signal lamp A path is placed under the control, and signal lamp B path is guaranteed can be not luminous! Vice versa.
When initial SW was set up, controlled circuit resetted, and signal lamp is in and extinguishes state; When animal appear at one group of C, D infrared rays transmit and receive pipe between the time, will block C, the D infrared rays transmits and receives passage of light between pipe, the excitation signal lamp control circuit starts, traffic controller points to the circuit communication of a side, and can continue illumination by the inhibit signal lamp, be provided with once more until SW, by resetting once more of control circuit, the black out signal lamp.Thereby realize arbitrarily opening the job requirement of transverse arm left side or right-side signal lamp by signal lamp gauge tap 7.For example, when gauge tap places when left side, then when animal is blocked infrared sensitization circuit, the left side circuit communication, the left side lamp is bright.Otherwise, when gauge tap places the right side, then when animal is blocked infrared sensitization circuit, the right side circuit communication, starboard light is bright.
Embodiment 2:
Improve on the basis of embodiment 1, at first improve the height adjustment mechanism of safety board 4, described safety board is made up of a cylinder and a circular platform, and the circular platform bottom is porose, and the sidewall in hole has screw, with a screw cylinder and circular platform is fixed.The installation site of safety board 4 is unfixing, can change about transverse arm.
Embodiment 3:
Utilize the device of embodiment 1, carry out learning from simple dimensional orientation the method for sophisticated signal significant learning ability from multilevel objective determination rat.The test of rat dimensional orientation learning ability is divided into three varying levels: the invention provides the method for carrying out behavioral experiment in the behavioral experiment system of testing learning abilities of animals objectively in multiple levels, comprise the steps:
1. the test of simple left and right sides dimensional orientation learning ability: a certain side (left side or right side) that platform is fixedly placed water storage box.According to the characteristics (is example with the rat) of laboratory animal, in the water of 18 degree, can move about freely at least 10 minutes, therefore each training time is decided to be 10 minutes.If rat can not find safety board in 10 minutes, have a rest and carry out the training second time after 5 minutes.If rat was found safety board in 10 minutes, carried out the training second time after having a rest equally 5 minutes.Every animal is trained 4 times every day, the morning and afternoon each 2 times.The correct response of animal be after the animal entry directly trip to the safety board side and land.The study standard is correct response to occur continuous four times.In when experiment, allow animal from the lower end entry of straight-arm, the record animal lands the time and the swimming route of safety board.Reach the required frequency of training of study standard and reach the criterion of the time of safety board with animal as the animal learning ability.Animal reach the required frequency of training of study standard more less, reach time of safety board and shortly more show that then animal dimensional orientation learning ability is strong more.
2. the test of Fu Za significance signal learning ability: with the direction of light signal indication safety board, i.e. the position random fluctuation of platform, but always consistent with the light signal indicated direction.Therefore, if animal along with the directed platform of the indication of signal lamp, can the show the animal acquistion definitely meaning of light signal, and the learning strategy that adopts is unified.Like this, this system can the filtering environmental clue change or the different influence of learning strategy, keeps the uniformity of animal learning background, and the animal learning time of Ce Dinging has been reflected the learning ability of animal more accurately on this basis.
The method of test has two kinds:
The training method similar approach 1 of first method.With the rat is example, and each training time is 10 minutes.If rat can not find safety board in 10 minutes, have a rest and carry out the training second time after 5 minutes.If rat was found safety board in 10 minutes, carried out the training second time after having a rest equally 5 minutes.Every animal is trained 4 times every day, the morning and afternoon each 2 times.The correct response of animal be after the animal entry according to the light direction indication directly trip to the safety board of signal lamp one side and land.The study standard is correct response to occur continuous four times.Reach the required frequency of training of study standard and reach the criterion of the time of safety board with animal as the animal learning ability.In when experiment, allow animal from the lower end entry of straight-arm, the record animal lands the time and the swimming route of safety board.Animal reach the required frequency of training of study standard more less, reach time of safety board and shortly more show that then the dimensional orientation learning ability of animal sophisticated signal meaning is strong more.
Second method is to estimate its learning ability by the percentage that calculates animal correct response in the training of fixed number of times.With the rat is example, and each training time is decided to be 10 minutes.If rat can not find safety board in 10 minutes, have a rest and carry out the training second time after 5 minutes.If rat was found safety board in 10 minutes, carried out the training second time after having a rest equally 5 minutes.Every animal is trained 4 times every day, the morning and afternoon each 2 times.The correct response of animal be after the animal entry according to the light direction indication directly trip to the safety board of signal lamp one side and land.In when experiment, allow animal from the lower end entry of straight-arm, the record animal lands the time and the swimming route of safety board.Every animal training 40 times, the percentage that correct response occurs with animal in 40 training is weighed the learning ability of animal.Therefore, the percentage of animal correct response is high more or the number of times of correct response to occur many more, shows that its learning ability is strong more.
3. the learning ability again of significance signal conversion: the first step, 2 described first method animal trainings above adopting, all reach the study standard until animal, be correct response to occur continuous four times, correct response be after the animal entry according to the light direction indication directly trip to the safety board of signal lamp one side and land; In second step, the conversion training method changes the safety board random fluctuation into, but the offside of always indicating at light signal.Training method is with 2 described first methods.Just the correct response of animal become after the animal entry according to the light direction indication directly trip to the safety board of signal lamp offside and land.The study standard is correct response to occur continuous four times.The time that reaches the required frequency of training of study standard and reach safety board with animal is as the animal criterion of learning ability again.During experiment, allow animal from the lower end entry of straight-arm, the record animal lands the time and the swimming route of safety board.Animal reach the required frequency of training of study standard more less, reach time of safety board and shortly more then show animal learning ability is strong more or the learning strategy transfer capability is strong more again.

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1. the behavioral experiment system of a testing learning abilities of animals objectively in multiple levels, comprising: a water tank is provided with safety board (4) in the water tank; It is characterized in that: also comprise the signal lamp control system that infrared photoreceptor (6), signal lamp (2) and signal lamp gauge tap (7) are formed; Described water tank is one to be used to hold T type water tank (8) into the required usefulness of experiment opaque liquid by what transverse arm (1) and straight-arm (5) were formed; Transverse arm (1) bottom is provided with discharge outlet (3), connects scupper hose and feeds sewer; Described safety board (4) is one Height Adjustable, and is arranged on the bottom of transverse arm (1) one side; Described signal lamp (2) is installed on the sidewall of T type water tank transverse arm (1) two ends; Straight-arm (5) at water tank is equipped with infrared photoreceptor (6) with transverse arm (1) infall, is equipped with the signal lamp gauge tap of the unlatching of control signal lamp on the lower end lateral wall of water tank straight-arm (5); Infrared photoreceptor (6), signal lamp (2), signal lamp gauge tap (7) are electrically connected the composition signal lamp control system by the safe voltage control circuit.
2. press the behavioral experiment system of the described testing learning abilities of animals objectively in multiple levels of claim 1, it is characterized in that, the shape of described safety board (4) is by a cylinder, form with a circular platform, described circular platform is installed on the cylinder by height-adjustable structure, and the diameter on plane, circular platform top is 16cm.
3. by the behavioral experiment system of the described testing learning abilities of animals objectively in multiple levels of claim 2, it is characterized in that described height-adjustable structure comprises on the cylinder and being threaded that there is screw the circular platform bottom, cylinder and circular platform screw togather fixing; Perhaps the circular platform bottom is porose, and the sidewall in hole has screw, with a screw cylinder and circular platform is fixed.
4. by the behavioral experiment system of the described testing learning abilities of animals objectively in multiple levels of claim 1, it is characterized in that the composition of described safe voltage control circuit comprises:
One double-point double-throw switch is as signal lamp gauge tap (7), and is electrically connected the signal lamp control circuit of forming 2 symmetries respectively by two signal lamps, triode thyrister, pull-up resistor, signal lamp current-limiting resistance; Adopt double-point double-throw switch to realize that the power supply of the signal lamp control circuit of two symmetries switches and the input of detection signal is switched;
Infrared photoreceptor (6) adopts infrared rays to transmit and receive pipe, variable potentiometer, D flip-flop or time-delay relay is electrically connected the composition photoelectric detective circuit for infrared rays transmits and receives pipe, and the triggering excitation control to the signal lamp control circuit is provided;
The safe voltage supply module adopts low-voltage power supply module commercially available, that meet the animal safety voltage request, to signal lamp control circuit and photoelectric detective circuit power supply.
5. an application rights requires the behavioral experiment system of 1 described testing learning abilities of animals objectively in multiple levels to carry out method for measuring, may further comprise the steps:
(1). the test of simple left and right sides dimensional orientation learning ability: a certain side that platform is fixedly placed water storage box, water temperature in the water tank is adjusted to room temperature, allow the lower end entry of animal from straight-arm, the record animal lands the time and the swimming route of safety board, reaches the required frequency of training of study standard and reaches the criterion of the time of safety board as the animal learning ability with animal; Each training time is 10 minutes, if rat can not find safety board in 10 minutes, has a rest and carries out the training second time after 5 minutes; If rat was found safety board in 10 minutes, carried out the training second time after having a rest equally 5 minutes; Every animal is trained 4 times every day, the morning and afternoon each 2 times; After the correct response of animal is the animal entry, according to the light direction indication directly trip to the safety board of signal lamp one side and land, the study standard is correct response to occur continuous four times, animal reach the required frequency of training of study standard more less, reach time of safety board and shortly more show that then animal dimensional orientation learning ability is strong more;
(2). the test of complicated significance signal learning ability: with the direction of light signal indication safety board, the position of platform changes by predetermined, but always consistent with the light signal indicated direction; When animal along with the directed platform of the indication of signal lamp, the meaning of light signal that can show the animal acquistion definitely, and the learning strategy that adopts is unified; Like this, this system can the filtering environmental clue change or the different influence of learning strategy, keeps the uniformity of animal learning background, and the animal learning time of Ce Dinging has been reflected the learning ability of animal more accurately on this basis;
(3). the learning ability again of significance signal conversion: the first step, adopt the training method animal training of step (1), all reach the study standard until animal, be correct response to occur continuous four times, correct response be after the animal entry according to the light direction indication directly trip to the safety board of signal lamp one side and land;
Second step, the conversion training method, change the safety board random fluctuation into, but always at the offside of light signal indication, adopt the training method animal training of step (2), just the correct response of animal becomes after the animal entry according to the light direction indication, during experiment, allow the lower end entry of animal from straight-arm, directly trip is to the safety board of signal lamp offside and land, the record animal lands the time and the swimming route of safety board, the study standard is correct response to occur continuous four times, it is few more that its criterion is that animal reaches the required frequency of training of study standard, reaching time of safety board shortly more then shows animal learning ability is strong more or the learning strategy transfer capability is strong more again, every animal training 40 times, and the percentage that correct response occurs with animal in 40 training is weighed the learning ability of animal.
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