Information-seeking in mice (Mus musculus) during visual discrimination: study using a distractor elimination paradigm.

ABSTRACT: Some animals seek information to solve problems when they do not know the answer. Information-seeking behavior has become a key focus in studies of animal metacognition, providing insights into how animals monitor their own knowledge states. This behavior is thought to be a form of metacognitive control. Nevertheless, research on such metacognitive control has been biased toward specific taxa, such as primates, and has not been conducted in rodents, which are the most common experimental animals. This study examined whether mice exhibit information-seeking behavior during two visual discrimination tasks and what factors influence this behavior. We trained mice to discriminate between stimuli differing in luminance or orientation, with more minor differences increasing task difficulty. An i

SUBMITTER: Hataji Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11609126 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature