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Behavioral Science
Anxiety Testing
Description
Anxiety is a commonly observed behavioral disorder that stems from fear. It is described as increased restlessness, or unpleasant feelings of fear over anticipated events. Experimenters often use rodent models to better understand anxiety disorders in humans. They use different paradigms, like exposing rodents to bright spaces or loud sounds, wh...
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Transcript
Anxiety is one of the most commonly observed behavioral disorders, and therefore researchers are particularly interested in learning more about it.
One way scientists can accomplish this is by testing for anxiety in rodents using a variety of experimental setups, which can help them tease apart the neuroanatomical...
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