Institutes for Behavior Resources 1 article published in JoVE Behavior The Rodent Psychomotor Vigilance Test (rPVT): A Method for Assessing Neurobehavioral Performance in Rats and Mice Catherine M. Davis1, Peter G. Roma2, Robert D. Hienz1 1Division of Behavioral Biology, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 2Applied Behavior Biology Unit, Institutes for Behavior Resources A rat version of the human Psychomotor Vigilance Test (PVT) is described that measures aspects of attention similar to those measured with the human PVT, including aspects of human vigilance such as performance accuracy, motor speed, premature responding, and lapses in attention.
