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Rapid, accurate time estimation in zebrafish (Danio rerio).

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Cerutti, DT; Jozefowiez, J; Staddon, JER
Published in: Behavioural processes
October 2013

Zebrafish were tested in an appetitive Pavlovian delayed conditioning task. After an intertrial interval of k*T s (k=11.25; T=8, 16 or 32 s), a small, translucent vertical pole was illuminated (CS) for T s. Food was presented at T/2 s. Pole-biting response latencies from CS onset were a linear function of the food delay T/2, with slope approximating unity (proportional timing), and standard deviation proportional to latency (scalar timing). Response latencies tracked changes in food delays even when they changed every other day. These findings are significant because the zebrafish genome has recently been sequenced, opening the door to studies in the genetics of interval timing.

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Behavioural processes

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EISSN

1872-8308

ISSN

0376-6357

Publication Date

October 2013

Volume

99

Start / End Page

21 / 25

Related Subject Headings

  • Zebrafish
  • Time Perception
  • Reinforcement, Psychology
  • Psychomotor Performance
  • Pharmacology & Pharmacy
  • Food
  • Conditioning, Operant
  • Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology
  • Behavior, Animal
  • Appetitive Behavior
 

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Cerutti, D. T., Jozefowiez, J., & Staddon, J. E. R. (2013). Rapid, accurate time estimation in zebrafish (Danio rerio). Behavioural Processes, 99, 21–25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2013.06.007
Cerutti, D. T., J. Jozefowiez, and J. E. R. Staddon. “Rapid, accurate time estimation in zebrafish (Danio rerio).Behavioural Processes 99 (October 2013): 21–25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2013.06.007.
Cerutti DT, Jozefowiez J, Staddon JER. Rapid, accurate time estimation in zebrafish (Danio rerio). Behavioural processes. 2013 Oct;99:21–5.
Cerutti, D. T., et al. “Rapid, accurate time estimation in zebrafish (Danio rerio).Behavioural Processes, vol. 99, Oct. 2013, pp. 21–25. Epmc, doi:10.1016/j.beproc.2013.06.007.
Cerutti DT, Jozefowiez J, Staddon JER. Rapid, accurate time estimation in zebrafish (Danio rerio). Behavioural processes. 2013 Oct;99:21–25.
Journal cover image

Published In

Behavioural processes

DOI

EISSN

1872-8308

ISSN

0376-6357

Publication Date

October 2013

Volume

99

Start / End Page

21 / 25

Related Subject Headings

  • Zebrafish
  • Time Perception
  • Reinforcement, Psychology
  • Psychomotor Performance
  • Pharmacology & Pharmacy
  • Food
  • Conditioning, Operant
  • Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology
  • Behavior, Animal
  • Appetitive Behavior