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Chapters
- 00:00Title
- 01:12Introduction of New Variations
- 02:23Animals Arrival and their Handling
- 02:41Operant Chamber
- 02:53Habituation and Magazine Training
- 03:27Continuous Reinforcement Schedule
- 03:51Lever Press Training
- 04:22Side Bias Test
- 05:01Initial Learning of Response Strategy
- 06:17Visual Cue Learning After the Set-shift
- 07:37Representative Results
- 08:59Conclusion
Set-shifting, a form of behavioral flexibility, requires an attentional shift from one stimulus dimension to another. We extended an established rodent set-shifting task1 by requiring attention to different stimuli according to context. The task was combined with specific lesions to identify neuron subtypes underlying a successful shift.
