Daily Activities Box for Rats
Keywords:
Experimental box, Complex experimental environment, Remote monitoring, Remote controlAbstract
This work presents a prototype of an operant conditioning box for mice ”“ named Daily Activities Box for Rats ”“, in which multiple operants can be recorded 24 h per day. The experimental subject can be monitored remotely (seen and heard in real time) by means of a webcam located in front of the box. Furthermore, all the equipment functions can be controlled remotely via internet. This is the first experimental box to gather all these functions, at least in Brazil. Some suggestions of areas of research in which the equipment may be used are presented.
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interval, and adjuntive behavior in a 24-hour multiresponse
environment. Animal Learning & Behavior, 19, 369-380.
feeding-fasting patterns in normal and obese mice. Journal of
Applied Physiology, 8, 667-670.
Costa, B. C. P. (2010). Estudos exploratórios sobre operações
motivadoras (Unpublished master’s thesis). Pontifícia
Universidade Católica de São Paulo, São Paulo.
Díaz, F., & Bruner, C. A. (2007). Comer y beber em ratas com
libre acceso a la comida y al agua. Acta Comportamentalia,
15, 111-130.
Johnston, J. M., & Pennypacker, H. S. (1993). Strategies and tactics
of behavioral research (2a ed.). New Jersey, Estados Unidos:
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Lucas, G. A., Timberlake, W., & Gawley, D. J. (1988). Adjunctive
behavior of the rat under periodic food delivery in a 24-hour
environment. Animal Learning & Behavior, 16, 19-30.
Lyons, C. A., & Cheney, C. D. (1984). Time reallocation in a
multiresponse environment: Effects of restricting response
classes. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior,
41, 279-289.
Mcintire K., Lundervold, D., Calmes, H., Jones, C., & Allard,
S. (1983). Temporal control in a complex environment:
An analysis of schedule-related behavior. Journal of the
Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 39, 465-478.
Mellgren, R. L. (1982). Foraging in a simulated natural environment:
There’s a rat loose in the lab. Journal of the Experimental
Analysis of Behavior, 38, 93-100.
Petersen, M. R., & Lyon, D. O. (1978). Schedule-induced polydipsia
in rats living in an operant environment. Journal of the
Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 29, 493-503.
Richter, C. P. (1922). A behavioristic study of the activity of the rat.
Comparative Psychology Monographs, 1, 1-55.
Sales, T. M. (2006). Um estudo sobre as atividades nas quais sujeitos
se engajam durante o intervalo entre respostas que produzem
reforço (Unpublished master’s thesis). Pontifícia Universidade
Católica de São Paulo, São Paulo.
Skinner, B. F., & Morse, W. H. (1958). Sustained performance
during very long experimental sessions. Journal of the
Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 1, 235-244.
Skinner, B. F. (1991). The behavior of organisms: An experimental
analysis. Cambridge: Copley Publishing Group. (Trabalho
original publicado em 1938)
Timberlake, W., & Lucas, G. A. (1991). Periodic water, interwater
interval, and adjuntive behavior in a 24-hour multiresponse
environment. Animal Learning & Behavior, 19, 369-380.
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2015-03-04
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Costa, B. C. de P., Costa Filho, R. A., & Costa, L. M. de P. (2015). Daily Activities Box for Rats. Psicologia: Teoria E Pesquisa, 30(4), 471–473. Retrieved from https://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/revistaptp/article/view/18586
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