NDLI: Reliable operant apparatus for fish: Audio stimulus generator, response button, and pellet-dispensing nipple

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Chase, Ava R. Hill, Winfield
Copyright Year	1999
Abstract	As part of ongoing research into the ability of koi to categorize complex auditory stimuli, we have had to develop novel apparatus. The stimulus generator presents sound from two CD drives under computer control through a new underwater speaker. The operant manipulandum is a horizontal button that eliminates spurious triggering by water turbulence and problematic response topographies. The button’s design has also been adapted for use by tilapia in an aquacultural food-preference study. The feeder uses a nipple to dispense food pellets reliably under water. In this paper, the apparatus is described in detail. Also discussed are methodological issues related to its design, as well as its usage in a pilot study in which koi learned to discriminate music from silence by using a single manipulandum with food reinforcement.
Starting Page	470
Ending Page	478
Page Count	9
File Format	PDF
ISSN	07433808
Journal	Behavior Research Methods
Volume Number	31
Issue Number	3
e-ISSN	15325970
Language	English
Publisher	Springer-Verlag
Publisher Date	1999-01-01
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	Cognitive Psychology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 3200/3201 Psychology

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