2016年
A behavioral paradigm to study rats' dual-task performance under head-direction and body-location tracking
IEEJ Transactions on Electronics, Information and Systems
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- 巻
- 136
- 号
- 9
- 開始ページ
- 1324
- 終了ページ
- 1334
- 記述言語
- 日本語
- 掲載種別
- 研究論文(学術雑誌)
- DOI
- 10.1541/ieejeiss.136.1324
- 出版者・発行元
- Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan
Dual-task paradigm is a behavioral procedure in which subjects are required to perform two independent tasks in parallel, each of which involves a distinct stimulus-response association that leads to a unique goal. Although dual tasks are widely used in human studies, they are seldom used in animals. One such rare case was a rat simultaneous temporal processing (STP) task, in which rats were asked to time two different intervals simultaneously(1). However, there are a few limitations in this paradigm, such that, for example, each of the two component tasks was not clearly associated with a unique stimulus-response association. In this report, in order to better characterize temporal dual-task performance in rats, we developed a modified version of the STP task that was comprised of two clearly-divided component tasks, and equipped our experimental system with a novel video-based motion tracking system. We show that even under this more rigidly controlled dual-task setting, rats are able to time two different intervals virtually without interference, and that our tracking system can simultaneously detect head-direction and body-location of a rat with high accuracy. These results suggest that the present experimental paradigm should be useful for investigating cognitive processes that underlie dual-task performance at both the behavioral and neuronal levels.
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- ID情報
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- DOI : 10.1541/ieejeiss.136.1324
- ISSN : 1348-8155
- ISSN : 0385-4221
- ORCIDのPut Code : 118115284
- SCOPUS ID : 84985995160