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Training of Motion Control May Not Improve Tool-Manipulation Ability in Rats (Rattus norvegicus)

In recent times, previous studies have reported the manipulation of tools by rats and degus in controlled experimental settings. However, a previous study reported that only one out of eight experimentally naïve rats could manipulate a rake-shaped tool according to the position of a food reward with...

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Autor principal: Nagano, Akane
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9326322/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35911044
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.931957
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description In recent times, previous studies have reported the manipulation of tools by rats and degus in controlled experimental settings. However, a previous study reported that only one out of eight experimentally naïve rats could manipulate a rake-shaped tool according to the position of a food reward without prior experience of obtaining the reward with the tool before the test. The present study aimed to improve the training of rats and investigate rodents’ ability to manipulate tools according to food position. Stricter criteria were employed when training the rats to promote the rats’ monitoring of their own tool manipulation. Additional training was introduced to give them the opportunity to learn that the reward moved closer to them by pulling an object connected to the reward. The present study showed that only one of eight rats could manipulate a tool according to the position of the reward without prior experience of obtaining the reward with the tool or perceiving that part of the tool came in contact with the reward, as the previous study showed. The change in training did not enhance the rats’ tool-manipulation ability according to the food position. These procedures should be conducted in a wider variety of animals to investigate whether the training in motion control can promote the subjects’ effective tool-use behavior.
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spelling pubmed-93263222022-07-28 Training of Motion Control May Not Improve Tool-Manipulation Ability in Rats (Rattus norvegicus) Nagano, Akane Front Psychol Psychology In recent times, previous studies have reported the manipulation of tools by rats and degus in controlled experimental settings. However, a previous study reported that only one out of eight experimentally naïve rats could manipulate a rake-shaped tool according to the position of a food reward without prior experience of obtaining the reward with the tool before the test. The present study aimed to improve the training of rats and investigate rodents’ ability to manipulate tools according to food position. Stricter criteria were employed when training the rats to promote the rats’ monitoring of their own tool manipulation. Additional training was introduced to give them the opportunity to learn that the reward moved closer to them by pulling an object connected to the reward. The present study showed that only one of eight rats could manipulate a tool according to the position of the reward without prior experience of obtaining the reward with the tool or perceiving that part of the tool came in contact with the reward, as the previous study showed. The change in training did not enhance the rats’ tool-manipulation ability according to the food position. These procedures should be conducted in a wider variety of animals to investigate whether the training in motion control can promote the subjects’ effective tool-use behavior. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-07-13 /pmc/articles/PMC9326322/ /pubmed/35911044 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.931957 Text en Copyright © 2022 Nagano. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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title Training of Motion Control May Not Improve Tool-Manipulation Ability in Rats (Rattus norvegicus)
title_full Training of Motion Control May Not Improve Tool-Manipulation Ability in Rats (Rattus norvegicus)
title_fullStr Training of Motion Control May Not Improve Tool-Manipulation Ability in Rats (Rattus norvegicus)
title_full_unstemmed Training of Motion Control May Not Improve Tool-Manipulation Ability in Rats (Rattus norvegicus)
title_short Training of Motion Control May Not Improve Tool-Manipulation Ability in Rats (Rattus norvegicus)
title_sort training of motion control may not improve tool-manipulation ability in rats (rattus norvegicus)
topic Psychology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9326322/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35911044
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.931957
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