Zebrafish Adjust Their Behavior in Response to an Interactive Robotic Predator.

ABSTRACT: Zebrafish (Danio rerio) constitutes a valuable experimental species for the study of the biological determinants of emotional responses, such as fear and anxiety. Fear-related test paradigms traditionally entail the interaction between focal subjects and live predators, which may show inconsistent behavior throughout the experiment. To address this technical challenge, robotic stimuli are now frequently integrated in behavioral studies, yielding repeatable, customizable, and controllable experimental conditions. While most of the research has focused on open-loop control where robotic stimuli are preprogrammed to execute a priori known actions, recent work has explored the possibility of two-way interactions between robotic stimuli and live subjects. Here, we demonstrate a "closed-l

SUBMITTER: Spinello C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7806020 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature