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SUBMITTER: Kuchibhotla KV
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6517418 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kuchibhotla Kishore V KV Hindmarsh Sten Tom T Papadoyannis Eleni S ES Elnozahy Sarah S Fogelson Kelly A KA Kumar Rupesh R Boubenec Yves Y Holland Peter C PC Ostojic Srdjan S Froemke Robert C RC
Nature communications 20190514 1
Performance on cognitive tasks during learning is used to measure knowledge, yet it remains controversial since such testing is susceptible to contextual factors. To what extent does performance during learning depend on the testing context, rather than underlying knowledge? We trained mice, rats and ferrets on a range of tasks to examine how testing context impacts the acquisition of knowledge versus its expression. We interleaved reinforced trials with probe trials in which we omitted reinforc ...[more]