Transfer Test
Objective: To determine whether rats use spatial or egocentric response strategies by testing them on the same discrimination version in a new room for 3 days
This is a Transfer Test protocol using rat as the model organism. The procedure involves 3 procedural steps, 2 equipment items, 1 materials. Extracted from a 1999 paper published in Journal of Neuroscience.
Model and subjects
rat • Not specified • Not specified • Not specified • Not specified • Not specified for transfer test specifically
Study window
~3 day study window
Core workflow
Select rats for transfer testing • Transfer test in new room • Assess strategy type
Primary readouts
- Performance on place discrimination in new room
- Performance on response discrimination in new room
- Strategy type used (spatial vs egocentric response)
Key equipment and reagents
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Protocol Steps
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Select rats for transfer testing
Select some rats that completed testing on a particular version in the cross-modal and intramodal experiments
Note: Rats must have completed either place or response discrimination testing in previous experiments
View evidence from paper
“Some rats that completed testing on a particular version in the cross-modal and intramodal experiments were tested on the same version in a new room for 3 d”
Transfer test in new room
Test rats on the same discrimination version (either place or response) in a new room
Note: The new room environment differs from the original testing location to assess strategy use
View evidence from paper
“tested on the same version in a new room for 3 d”
Assess strategy type
Analyze performance to determine whether rats use spatial strategy on place version or egocentric response strategy on response version
Note: Transfer test results reveal the underlying strategy used by rats
View evidence from paper
“The transfer tests revealed that rats use a spatial strategy on the place version and an egocentric response strategy on the response version”