Social transmission of food preference is a test that is used in rodents to assess memory processes as well as social interaction ability.
The recognition test is based on the natural tendency of rodents to investigate a novel congener instead of a familiar one.
The object recognition test is based on the natural tendency of rodents to investigate novelty.
The fear-potentiated startle reflex test is a paradigm in which amplitude of a simple reflex is increased when presented with a cue that has been previously paired with an aversive stimulus.
Fear conditioning is a form of Pavlovian learning that involves making association between stimuli and their aversive consequences.
The delayed alternation task allows assessing spatial working memory in a T- or Y-maze.
The spontaneous alternation task is used to assess spatial working memory in rodents and is based on the innate tendency of rodents to explore a prior unexplored arm of a T- or Y-maze.
The radial-arm maze task takes advantage of the natural tendency of food-deprived rodents to learn and remember different spatial locations for food in an eight-arm radial maze.
The Morris Water Maze is the most commonly test used to evaluate cognitive functions related with memory.
The differential reinforcement of low-rate 72 seconds (DRL-72 s) task is an operant procedure in which a subject is required to keep pressing a lever for at least 72 seconds in order to obtain a reward.
