Visual Paired-Comparison Task
Objective: Test recognition memory in monkeys by measuring their ability to recognize and prefer novel objects over familiar ones
This is a Visual Paired-Comparison Task protocol using monkey as the model organism. The procedure involves 2 procedural steps. Extracted from a 2000 paper published in Journal of Neuroscience.
Model and subjects
monkey
Study window
Estimated timing pending
Core workflow
Visual Paired-Comparison Task Setup • Test Recognition Memory
Primary readouts
- Recognition memory performance
- Preference for novel objects over familiar objects
- Impairment in recognition memory following hippocampal lesions
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Visual Paired-Comparison Task Setup
Monkeys are presented with visual stimuli in a paired-comparison format to assess recognition memory
Note: This is a recognition memory task measuring preference for novel objects over familiar ones
View evidence from paper
“the visual paired-comparison task”
Test Recognition Memory
Monkeys are tested on their ability to recognize and prefer novel objects over familiar ones
Note: Task measures recognition memory performance
View evidence from paper
“Monkeys with lesions limited to the hippocampal region were impaired on two tasks of recognition memory: delayed nonmatching to sample and the visual paired-comparison task”