Topic: six-arm track

Learning occurs in the context of individual prior experience. Variability in learning is, therefore, due to both differences in learning capacity as well as differences in those prior experiences. To describe the effect of prior experience on learning and to identify how the brain transfers this prior experience for current learning, we measured the behavior of many rats across two tasks on a six-arm track. In the first, reward was delivered after any transition between arms. In the second, reward was only delivered at three arms (2-3-4). To receive reward, it was necessary to alternate betwe