Novel Object Preference Task
Objective: Assess discrimination between novel and familiar individual objects based on familiarity
This is a Novel Object Preference Task protocol using rat as the model organism. The procedure involves 2 procedural steps. Extracted from a 2007 paper published in Journal of Neuroscience.
Model and subjects
rat • DA rats • male • Not specified • Not specified • Not specified
Study window
Estimated timing pending
Core workflow
Novel Object Preference Task Setup • Conduct Novel Object Preference Testing
Primary readouts
- Discrimination between novel and familiar individual objects
- Preference for novel versus familiar objects
- Performance impairment in lesioned groups
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Novel Object Preference Task Setup
Prepare testing apparatus for novel object preference task to assess discrimination between novel and familiar individual objects
Note: This task measures familiarity discrimination of individual objects
View evidence from paper
“a novel object preference task, an object-in-place task, and a temporal order memory task”
Conduct Novel Object Preference Testing
Administer the novel object preference task to test discrimination based on relative familiarity of individual objects
Note: Performance in the novel object preference task was only impaired in the PRH group, indicating perirhinal cortex importance for this discrimination
View evidence from paper
“performance in the novel object preference task was only impaired in the PRH group”