Altering Perceived Context: Transportation Cues Influence Novelty-Induced Context Exploration.

ABSTRACT: Context is the milieu in which everything occurs. Many research studies consider context, or even explicitly manipulate it; yet it remains challenging to characterize. We know that a context surrounds and influences tasks; however, the boundaries of its influence are difficult to define. In behavioral science, context is often operationalized by the physical environment in which the experiment takes place, and the boundaries of the context are assumed to begin at the entrance to that of the room or apparatus. Experiences during transportation to the testing space have been shown to impact rodent behavior and memory, but transportation's relationship with novelty and physical environment is not fully understood. The current study explored how familiar vs. novel cues, both within a physical

SUBMITTER: Nemchek V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8358674 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature