2022 Fiscal Year Annual Research Report
Role of idling brain in creating mental shortcuts
| Project/Area Number |
22K15200
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| Research Institution | University of Toyama |
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Principal Investigator |
アブドゥ カリーム 富山大学, 学術研究部医学系, 助教 (00833609)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2022-04-01 – 2023-03-31
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| Keywords | Cognitive Shortcut |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
I successfully developed behavior paradigm to test cognitive shortcut in mice. Mice were trained to choose between right and left lick port depending on different sequences of tones of different frequencies. Mice were trained to listen to the full sequence to be able to take the reward, however, there is a hidden rule that if discovered, mice could take a shortcut and choose early.
Also, I have tested the brain region responsible for such cognitive shortcut and I found that prelimbic cortex is crucial for this process.
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