Topic: aversive stimulus

We created a complex, interactive environment and a task to track the behavior of rats for morethan 230 testing days (Jankowski et al., 2023, PMID: 37568111). The experiment allowed ratsto freely adapt their behavior. The task involved a set of predefined rules and contingencies thatenabled them to predict reward and punishment locations, allowing them to satisfy their foodrequirements while expressing their individual preferences. Rats could freely choose a level ofdifficulty, which was linked to the size of the reward. We challenged them with changes in thelogic of the environment and observ