| TP1 |
Dogs to move nose through photointerruptor beam towards visual target. |
Dogs may receive a maximum of one reward every 8 seconds (s). |
Reward trigger rate of at least 8 in 2 of 3 training blocks |
| TP2 |
Dogs to move their nose to the target on cue. |
Milk tone played, 10 s window to respond, 20 s Inter-trial Interval (ITI). |
Touches target at least 80% of time after tone for 2 of 3 training blocks |
| TP2A |
Reduce reinforcement rate |
Milk tone played, 10 s window to respond, 30 s ITI. |
Touches target at least 80% of time after tone for 2 of 3 training blocks |
| TP3 |
Dogs to discriminate between 2 tones. |
Milk or water tone played pseudo-randomly, 10 s window to respond, 20 s ITI. |
Milk latency significantly shorter than water latency (Mann-Whitney U-test) |
| CBT |
Test cognitive bias |
2×9 probes, 15 water, 15 milk presented pseudo-randomly, 20 s ITI. |
N/A |
