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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Oct 20.
Published in final edited form as: Neurobiol Learn Mem. 2015 Sep 5;125:135–145. doi: 10.1016/j.nlm.2015.08.011

Table 1.

Overview procedure for behavioral training

Lever-press training (shaping) ➨ Discrimination ➨ Reversal
Stimuli Randomly 1 lever + cue light Both levers + cue lights; spatial contingency Both levers + cue lights; contingency switch after 16-32 trials
Trials 32 64 120 120
ITI 10/20 sec 10/20 sec 15/25/35/45 sec 15/25/35/45 sec
Sessions Until criterion 1 2* 1
Criterion for next stage >90% response >90% response >90% correct responses >90% correct responses
*

additional session (max 64 tr) if criterion not reached