Click the links below to see video clips of 'rat-robot' and 'mouse-weasel' interactions.
Rat's Foraging Behavior: Effects of Artificial Predator and
Amygdala Lesions
Foraging
baseline day 5
Robot
encounter day 1 - Pre-amygdalar lesion
Robot-cam
view of the foraging rat
Robot
encounter day 2 - Post-amygdalar lesion
Approaching Entity Appears to be an Innate Indicator
(i.e., Sign Stimulus)
of Danger
Robot's forward and
backward motions differentially influence the rat
Foraging Under Conditional Threat
Rats
prefer chocolate pellet over regular
pellet (10 baseline trials)
Conditional threat to
chocolate pellet (5 baseline trials followed by Robogator trials)
Post-amygdalar lesions (5
baseline trials followed by Robogator trials)
Mouse Foraging Behavior: Effects of Weasel
Weasel encounter test