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1. 36 Bari YMaximum 150 X Maximum 60 min i Time as Minutes _ Time as Seconds Cancel Save D The first set of options are between viewing your cumulative record in the traditional format used originally by paper and pen cumulative recorders where a fixed width of paper required the recording ink pen to reset back to the time X axis when the top of the paper graph was reached because of high cumulative response counts An example of a graph using this setting is illustrated below in a graph that has 150 as the maximum Y count value Expenmentai suea vasosst Session 58 5713 12 Depr 23 Hes Reint Amount 0 1m Reint Rule FR 12 Fixed Ratio Rato 12 actsteint Obiective Bar Press Sess Duraton 00 59 48 FAST RUN 106 Reiforcaments 1272 Bar Presses Time in HreMn Se CyberRat User s Manual 41 The alternative preference setting which is without pen resets places all data within the space offered by the graphic screen by adjusting the maximum Y scale to automatically accommodate the frequency data of that session Of course this mode makes it inconvenient to compare data from different sessions because the scale will change with each session depending on the total frequency count being graphed each tim But comparing sessions is also difficult if2. 32 62 92 122 152 182 212 242 272 302 CyberRat User s Manual 27 Setting the Number of Hours of Water Deprivation As in all experiments using reinforcement you need to deprive your subject of any access to the reinforcer prior to experimentation In the case of CyberRat this means setting the number of hours that water has been inaccessible to your subject Different deprivation schedules will of course have quite different impacts on your experiment A frequently used deprivation schedule is 23 hours where the subject is used in an experimental session only once each day at the same time Typically the subject receives water both during and for a limited time period immediately following that singular session To invoke a current deprivation history for your subject merely slide the indicator to the desired number of hours without water access Each new experimental session will assume this setting Amount of Reinforcement 0 1 ml per drop 0 15 0 20 0 25 0 30 0 35 0 40 0 45 0 50 0 55 Fixed Ratio number of Responses required per Reinforcement 2 14 20 26 32 38 44 50 Fixed Interval number of seconds between available Reinforcements 1 Setting Parameters for Stimulus Discrimination Training CyberRat User s Manual 28 CyberRat is also capable of learning to discriminate whether a Green light is on or a Red light is on To establish the parameters for this begin by checking the Discriminatio
3. This option appears alone if you have no other graphs stored on your list Delete from Multiples List tio Ratio Graph Multiples List AST RUN Add Session Notes to Journal Selecting this option will save the currently graphed session in a Multiple Session list that begins to appear next to the Information Panel on your graph as illustrated here 23 Hrs E 0 Ratio 12 acts reinf STRUN ar Presses Lae Selecting more sessions will add to the list with each item successively numbered with a listing number i e 1 2 3 etc f Behavior Bar Pres CyberRat User s Manual 45 As you work on your Multiple Sessions listing more menu Graphing Preferences items appear allowing you list editing capabilities These Make Graph Snapshot include Delete Multiples List which clears the entire listing and Delete from Multiples List with an associated sub listing for selecting any session you wish to remove from your current list as illustrated at left After composing your list of the sessions you wish to plot on a single graph you may select to graph your current list An illustration of 3 graphs as a single set of graphs is shown here Note the numbering that corresponds to the item index number on the list and alternative oe Cumulative Frequency at Banavior Bar Pees during 3 Sessions ot Vaso351 colors for each session The
4. 1 A Continuous Reinforcement CRF schedule set to deliver a drop of water automatically for each Bar Press This setting also allows the experimenter to CyberRat User s Manual 26 deliver reinforcement manually as will be described in Chapter 5 on Conducting an Experiment 2 A 1 ml Magnitude of Reinforcement 3 A 23 hour deprivation from last available water schedule Setting the Magnitude or Amount for Each Reinforcement Water is the type of reinforcement metaphorically used for experimentation in the CyberRat laboratory The amount of water delivered per reinforcement is measured in terms of percentage of the maximum water intake your subject will consume in the first ad libitum drinking bout following deprivation The normal setting for this magnitude of reinforcement parameter is between 05 ml and 55 ml per drop delivered This allows you approximately 20 to 40 minutes of continuous reinforcement without satiation to constant reinforcement deliveries You may reset it to any level up to maximum by dragging the sliding indicator up or down to the desired level Higher settings of course result in much faster satiation Session Control Discrimination Deprivation and Reinforcement Settings Hours of Water Deprivation 23 s 2 a a Fixed Ratio number of Responses required per Reinforcement 2 Mo a a Ee a a Fixed Interval number of seconds between available Reinforcements 1
5. Installation Instructions in the left margin window that reads Downloads are self installing packages Windows OS users are downloading an exe file that installs a folder called CyberRat on your default installation drive usually your C drive After installation look for this folder called CyberRat and keep the CyberRat application in this folder for proper use Mac OS X users are downloading a DMG image that shows as a disk The entire CyberRat folder must be copied from the DMG window onto your HD and the CyberRat application must remain inside this folder for proper use Good luck and enjoy conducting your experiments CyberRat User s Manual 11 Chapter 2 Getting Started Summary Step 1 You MUST be connected to the internet to have full services available while using CyberRat Establish an internet connection then launch CyberRat Step 2 After establishing an internet connection and launching CyberRat Login with your Student ID number not the Proof of Purchase number Details CyberRat is a virtual reality product implemented through the convergence of advanced interactive digital video internet databases and behavioral systems technologies CyberRat has been distributed to you as downloadable software but it requires that you also be connected to the internet while you use it Using CyberRat Internet Connection and Login Requirements Once you have downloaded and installed the CyberRat folder on your
6. S S Bar Press Ratio 2 39 Discrimination index BP S JAll BPs 71 Frequency of Occurence 18 00 24 00 30 00 Time in Hr Mn Sc This video viewing window is also movable hold your mouse down and drag so you can easily adjust it to see any hidden graphic details Moving it will pause the movie so you need to start the play again when you have it positioned CyberRat User s Manual 48 Chapter 7 Replaying a Session s Video Record Any time you complete an experimental session or select an alternative archived session from the Experimental Journal for any animal you may note the activation of a menu item labeled Replay a Experiment It doesn t matter whether you conducted your session via Fast Simulation or with Video On completing any session properly i e with an active internet connection linking CyberRat to its home AT servers will save a video play back script making it possible to review the entire session as real time video Thus for example if you simply launch the CyberRat application let it take you to the Colony select an animal and any corresponding session then selecting the Replay menu will allow you to play back that session exactly as if you were observing the actual experiment including S S lighting conditions and counter advances as illustrated in the sequence below You may also use the play head scrubber to
7. advance to any time in the video you wish to observe CyberRat User s Manual 49 Chapter 8 Multiple Behavior Analysis CyberRat includes not only the traditional Operant approach to analyzing an experimental session via Cumulative Graphing techniques but it also gives users the option of viewing a multi behavioral analysis of experimental sessions Using a built in expert s coding system based on a behavioral taxonomy very similar to that introduced in publications by Ray and Brown 1975 1976 the Beh Analysis section of CyberRat allows users to see how targeting one class of behaviors for reinforcement also impacts virtually all other behavioral classes when a simple inclusive coding system is used for continuously coding all successive behaviors of an animal Further this section of CyberRat allows users to learn how an expert coded each successive behavior by showing a real time continuous coding of any video as it plays back in the Examples tab of the Beh Analysis screen For those not yet familiar with the descriptive research methods underlying the use of multi behavioral coding and the sequential analysis techniques afforded by continuous recording of such multiple behaviors we highly recommend not only the Ray and Brown articles cited above but also Bakeman and Gottman s 1997 primer on observational methodology For a discussion of further research implications we also recommend Ray and Delprato s 1989 arti
8. data from an experiment You will immediately see a CyberRat User s Manual 42 feedback confirmation of the name and desktop location of each screen snapshot you make as illustrated here Done Image CyberRat Pict 1 PNG has been i created on your Desktop The image created removes all obvious CyberRat application graphics and labels your graph with your name in the upper right corner to confirm for your instructor that it was truly your animal being graphed as is illustrated by comparing tl e graph below that was made from the same screen as was used to illustrate pen resetting topic above Cumulative Frequency of Behavior Bar Pross during Session Vaso351_558 Roger Ray Eperme niai Subject Vanoast J AE J 8 Mri Time in HrMn Sc Oaoa 06 00 1200 1800 2400 3000 3600 a200 asoo 54 00 Other Graphing Menu Alternatives Add Session Notes and Reports to Your Subject s Journal Graphing Preferences Make Graph Snapshot CyberRat User s Manual 43 The last option on the Graphing menu allows you to add Notes Comments or Assignment Completion markings to your currently selected Session for saving to your subject s experimental Journal or reporting to your instructor The drop down panel that appears is clearly labeled as to which Subject an
9. hard drive you will be ready to explore how the system works The CyberRat application provides you with the opportunity to shape rat subjects just as if you were conducting an actual operant conditioning experiment with real animals We have made every effort to require the same activities in the same sequence as is required in real laboratory conditions To begin this enterprise you merely need to launch CyberRat by double clicking on the application icon that looks like the one shown here Ro CyberRat CyberRat User s Manual 12 As the application launches you will see a drop down field asking you to login either as a Visitor or as a recognized student using your registered student ID number Let s consider each of these two options and what happens when you select them as your Login Input CyberRat Rattus cyberneticus Login as a Visitor to the CyberRat Laboratory In this section describing how Visitor login works we are assuming that you wish only a brief and therefore limited tour of how CyberRat looks and feels Likewise we are assuming that you are not actively connected to the internet through your ISP or network connection Thus to accept the default entry of Visitor merely click the Login button or hit RETURN ENTER What Does Visitor Status Mean with Respect to What I Can Do in the CyberRat Laboratory As a Visitor to the CyberRat laboratory you are not only limited in what you can do with your a
10. lay Beh Analysis As is also shown in the illustration above placed just above the reinforcement button are two counters that show you 1 the number of times reinforcement has been delivered whether manually or automatically through the animal s own bar pressing and 2 the number of bar presses during a given session CyberRat User s Manual 34 Ending Your Sessions Sessions may end in one of two ways If you have selected the Allow Manual Termination of Session option in your Settings you will see an activated End Session button at the lower right of your screen if it is dimmed you have this setting unchecked at the Settings screen under the Session Control Tab s panel Clicking on this button will terminate the session at any time Experimental Subje Graphing Replay Beh Analyste Alternatively if you established a parameter to determine a fixed length for your session when the clock reaches that time the session will self terminate Upon termination the experimental window will close and you will be taken automatically to the Graphing screen and the corresponding menu icon will be highlighted to indicated this where you can view your results in a cumulative response record of the session as illustrated below CyberRat User s Manual 35 CyberRat 3 1 0 05 11 12 Experimental Subject Vaso351 Data Source Vaso351 Behavior Bar Press Cumulative Frequency of Behavior Bar Press du
11. on line see Chapter 1 jn 1D user Assuming you have entered your correct student ID in the login field as illustrated above you should soon see a server recognition that confirms who you are with a brief greeting like the one shown below e090 CyberRat 3 1 0 05 07 12 7 CyberRat Rattus cyberneticus Welcome Roger Bay Let s ga select a nat for your experiments The Greeting splash screen you see immediately after login to CyberRat Within a couple of seconds CyberRat will automatically take you to the Colony screen for managing your available animals At this point the applications may also bring up a field displaying any and all messages waiting for you from your instructor concerning assignments or important date announcements broadcast to the entire class personal CyberRat User s Manual 15 communication sent only to you as an individual or perhaps even messages from our company AI Inc about news of importance as illustrated below Experimental Subject None Summary Step 1 Step 2 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Details CyberRat User s Manual 16 Chapter 3 Using the Colony When in the Colony use the button to add new each experimental animals Select the desired experimental history for each new animal subject Name or accept default assigned name each animal subject Select one animal subject for experimentation Go to Settings screen to set up
12. the Graphing screen itself There are options for doing this right on this screen If you merely wish to graph an alternative session for an animal that is already the focal selected animal simply click on the label Data Source and it will cause a drop down copy of the journal to appear with the currently graphed session selected Selecting any desired alternative session from this journal listing will immediately graph that selected session Experimental Subject Vaso351 D e081 Benavior Bar Press 24 out of 24 Sessions Recorded Click any Recorded Session to Graph its results zaie Graph Bs ala on Vaso351_ 53 j Reint Rule CRF Contnuous Sass Duraton 00 59 33 FAST RUN Objectve Bar Press 90 Reinforcements 727 Bar Presses Sess Duration 01 59 30 FAS Movie RecoraVas0351_ ZE Reinforcements 78 Bat Ph mene Session s 57 5113 12 Depriv23 Hrs Reint Amount 0 1 m 8 cua te Ceara Session 98 573712 Dev 23 Hre Reint Amount 0 1 ml Reint Rule FR 12 Fixed Filo Ratio 12 actsteint I Cancel Frequency of Occurence 117 Reinforcements 936 Bar Presses Frequency of Occurence a3 Oooo osoo 1200 18 00 azoo amoo saoo 1 00 00 CyberRat User s Manual 38 If you wish to graph a session for an alternative animal subject simply use t
13. CyberRat V3 x User s Guide Roger D Ray Ph D AD Inc Copyright 2012 Table of Contents Chapter 1 Purchasing Downloading and Using CyberRat Chapter 2 Getting Started Chapter 3 Using the Colony Chapter 4 Setting Experimental Rules and Parameters Chapter 5 Conducting an Experiment and Viewing Results Chapter 6 Graphing Experimental Results Chapter 7 Replaying a Session s Video Record Chapter 8 Multiple Beh Analysis Chapter 9 Quit Exit CyberRat References CyberRat User s Manual 2 11 16 21 31 36 49 56 57 CyberRat User s Manual 3 Chapter 1 Purchasing Registering Downloading and Using CyberRat What do I have to do First you need to purchase then register activate to establish a student registration for your school instructor course on the CyberRat servers and finally download CyberRat for installation and use on your computer 1 PURCHASE Let s Walk Through the Purchase Process Go to the Home page at http www ai2inc com Among the tab menu items at the top of this page is the Store tab click on this menu item to access the AI Inc online Store as illustrated by the pick highlighted area below alk Payee Exley dar TrToCode Opete Cyt Ling Tare Glnsay Tsen tte Presenter Watch tor our saonte beeleased Welcome to pas Al Inc Artificially Intelligent Adaptive Instruction Multimedia Publishing Software De
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15. arged menu image below Experimental Subject Vaso351 Data Source Vaso351 CyberRat User s Manual 51 Changing this selection first to All Behaviors in S as illustrated here E Experimental Subject Vas0351 B WA i Data Source vaseast Lapernent Behavior AN Behaviors Se Cumulative Graphs Beh Examples Probability of Al Behaviors in S in session Vaso351_546 Probability of Occurence And then to All Behaviors in S as illustrated next bject Vaso351 Vaso351 OE Probability of Ali behaviors in in session Vos0351_S46 g g H 3 A g Ea CyberRat User s Manual 52 These three examples all represent the same session But considered together they illustrate quite dramatically how non representative the distribution of probabilities is when the two lighting conditions are ignored by aggregating the session into one analysis Behavioral probabilities are quite different for S where Bar Contacts Pressing account for 44 of all behavioral occurrences and Exploring is only approximately 11 of occurrences Compare this to the 9 for Bar Contacts and 33 for Exploring during S and you begin to appreciate that S is having as significant an influence on behavioral distributions just as S is The second tab allows the user to see the actual frequencies of each behavioral category not simply the relative frequency probabili
16. basis throughout the session Experimental Subject Vaso351 Data Source _Vaso351 Behavior All Behaviors in 5 and S 00 00 02 08 00 00 04 00 MOVE 00 00 05 09 00 00 06 13 MOVE 00 00 06 14 00 00 07 10 01R 00 00 07 11 00 00 08 11 EXPL 00 00 08 12 00 00 08 13 DIPR 00 00 08 14 00 00 08 03 EXPL 00 00 09 04 00 00 09 05 MOVE 00 00 09 0600 00 10 08 EXPL 100 00 10 09 00 00 11 11 MOVE 00 00 11 12 00 00 12 08 DIPR 00 00 12 09 00 00 13 04 BARC 00 00 13 05 00 00 13 07 BARC 00 00 13 08 00 00 15 02 DIPR CyberRat User s Manual 56 Chapter 9 Quit Exit CyberRat It is extremely important to exit from CyberRat correctly so your personal data get updated on the CyberRat server To quit or exit from within the CyberRat laboratory go to the main CyberRat button at the upper left of each screen and select Quit Exit About CyberRat Instructor Messages Internet Preferences CyberRat User s Manual 57 References Bakeman R amp Gottman J M 1997 Observing interaction An introduction to sequential analysis 2nd edition Cambridge University Press Catania A C 2007 Learning Interim 4th edition New York Sloan Publishing Ray R D amp Brown D A 1975 A systems approach to behavior Psychological Record 25 459 478 Ray R D amp Brown D A 1976 The behavioral specificity of stimulation A systems approach to procedural distinctions of classical and instrumental conditioning Pavlovian Jo
17. center of the left wall This allows the apparatus to track bar pressing behaviors and to automatically deliver reinforcement to the subject based upon any of several alternative rules Thus if you plan to have bar presses automatically reinforced by the experimental equipment you must select a schedule for this reinforcement by using the Reinforcement Rules Selection of a given rule schedule automatically gives you the appropriate slider selectors for setting required parameters Be sure you set all parameters required The specific options and the rules that each follows that may be offered depending upon animal s training history by the Reinforcement Rules panel may be summarized as follows Manual Reinforcement Bar Off The subject will not be exposed to any automatic reinforcement schedule only your use of the Manual delivery button illustrated in the next chapter is possible Selecting Manual Reinforcement allows CyberRat User s Manual 23 you to train and maintain any response class you wish but you must deliver each reinforcement yourself using whatever contingency rule you wish Manual Reinforcement Bar On You may also select to manually deliver water say for magazine training or even bar press shaping purposes but also with Bar On to thus allow the animal to gradually shift from your manual delivery to auto delivery for pressing the bar lever CRF Reinforcement The experimental subject will recei
18. cle on various strategies and tactics implicit in this approach All of the articles mentioned here that were authored by Ray and colleagues are available as pdf files on the AI 2 web site at http www ai2inc com AIDownloads AIDownloads pub_downloads html As with Graphing and Replay menus any time you complete an experimental session or select an alternative archived session from the Experimental Journal for any animal you may note the activation of the Beh Analysis menu at the end of the menu array CyberRat User s Manual 50 Use the Beh Analysis menu to open this screen and to explore its six tabs and associated panels the default first being Beh Probabilites as illustrated here Experimental Subject Vaso351 DataSource _Vaso351 _ Behavior All Behaviors in St and S Probability of All Behaviors in S and S in session Vaso351_S46 E 5 5 FEE 3 S gt i e The above illustration shows a distribution of what Catania 2007 has called the behavioral hierarchy as observed throughout this entire session But this example has been selected especially because it illustrate an additional feature in the Beh Analysis screen the ability to compare whole session and specific S vs S setting conditions within that session Thus the information panel in the upper right shows a setting labeled All Behaviors in S and S as illustrated in the enl
19. cm ieee a Information panel has been removed by using the corresponding Graphing Preferences setting or Option click on the panel since only A the last session s information is ta A ever provided in that panel G oam am so ao ooa eoo aa ao a TOO Zooming in on Graph Details There are two hidden features in the Graphing area that allows you too see extra details The first of these is the Zoom in feature that allows you to enlarge the details of a given segment of your graph This is often quite useful for seeing details such as FI scallops or FR break runs that are typically obscured by low resolution plots of an entire session To Zoom merely click and drag your mouse or swipe from the desired beginning to the desired ending i e from left to right of the segment you wish to view in high resolution format To return your graph to normal view simply swipe across the graph from right to left using the same click and drag or swipe technique as illustrated in the sequence below that is zoomed to reveal the run pause patterns associated with S light vertical bands and S grey vertical bands CyberRat User s Manual 46 a SSS Swipe right to ZOOM i Swipe left again to r
20. d Journal entry is the target of your information and also which area is to be used for typing or check marking Graphing Journal Entry Vaso351_ 58 Session 58 5 13 12 Depriv 23 Hrs Reinf Amount 0 1 mi Reinf Rule FR 12 Fixed Ratio Ratio 12 acts reinf Objective Bar Press Sess Duration 00 59 48 FAST RUN 106 Reinforcements 1272 Bar Presses MavielRecord Vaso351_S58 My Notes Problem Report Advice Needed _ Mark Session with Assignment Completed Cancel Your Notes will go directly into the specific Session s information panel but Problem Reports and marking a session as Completed will be posted as general reports to your instructor for viewing in via the CyberRat Administrative application used for course management That information will appear associated with your name in that course administrative system Other Graphing Menu Alternatives Add Multiple Sessions to Your Subject s Graphs As noted in the section on Graphing Preferences if you have your Preference for Format set for Without Pen Resets you will also have the multiple graphing set option s CyberRat User s Manual 44 available within your Graphing menu The first of these options is for adding an current graph to a Set of multiple graphs that you intend to graph as a composite graph showing multiple sessions for the same animal or even for different animals if you wish
21. er if pressed This training teaches the animal to respond by going to drink whenever you deliver water reinforcement On the other hand you cannot for example apply a Continuous Reinforcement schedule rule for delivering water when the animal presses the lever bar because you haven t yet trained the animal to bar press through appropriate shaping procedures Likewise you cannot select an alternative Amount of Reinforcement associated with each delivered drop if you plan only to conduct a session focused on Habituation to the chamber as no water is available Thus all of the Setting sliders except Water Deprivation are also dimmed appropriately for what you CAN logically adjust as you establish your experimental settings You should begin by selecting the Reinforcement Rule as illustrated below for a Naive experimental subject CyberRat User s Manual 22 eoo GyberRat 3 1 0 05 11 12 Experimental Subject Dude251 a a Colony Settings lay Experiment Graphing Amount of Reinforcement 0 1 mi per drop 030 035 040 0 45 Fixed Ratio number of Responses required per Reinforcement 4 Fixed Interval number of seconds between available Reinforcements 1 92 122 152 1 amp 8 22 22 2m As with most operant conditioning chambers the one used for CyberRat is equipped to sense automatically the occurrence of only one type of behavior the depression of the bar that protrudes into the chamber in the
22. eturn i a tegan 3 F L ma wn Timo in Hose The zoomed graph may also be saved as a screen snapshot using that menu option eo wo 250 oo ae ww am am ao vono w wo Time in Hn ES O O Reviewing Video Corresponding to Graphics The second hidden feature in the Graphing area that allows you too see extra details is the video playback inset tool This feature allows you to review your archived video record corresponding to any session while it is superimposed on your graphic This is especially useful for translating actual on going behaviors into their graphic abstraction depicted on the cumulative record and vice versa To do this merely click while also CyberRat User s Manual 47 holding down the Shift key as you click on the section of the graph above the X axis i e the corresponding Session Time that you wish to begin viewing 900 CyberRat 3 1 0 05 14 12 ee ieee lt ERE i va Experiment Behavior Bar Press 280 Experimental Subject Vaso351 Session 34 514 12 Depriv 23 Hrs 234 Reint Amount 0 1 mi Reinf Rule CRF Continuous Rein S S Discrimination Regular S and S intervals 208 4 60 sec S 60 sec S Objective Bar Press Sess Duration 00 59 32 FAST RUN 182 182 Reinforcements 258 Bar Presses Number of Bar Presses in S 182 Number of Bar Presses in S 76 156
23. he Data Source menu instead of the label to find the animal you wish Selecting that animal will give you the corresponding journal for that subject Of course you may also select the currently selected animal as an alternative means for opening that animal s journal as well And again selecting any desired alternative session from this journal listing will immediately graph that selected session Experimental Subject Vaso351 Data Source Dude251 Behavior Bar Press Experimental Subject Vaso351 Data Source a 5 Click any Recorded Session to Graph its results O Reinforcements 0 Bar Presses T Moviertecord Dude251_S03 _ _ ____ b Session 04 5714712 Depriv 23 Hrs g Session Vaso351_S58 Reint Amount 0 1 mi Rein Rule Manual Reint Bar On Objective Magazine Training Bar Press __ Sess Duration 00 00 18 D Reinforcements 0 Bar Presses MovieRecord Dude251_504 Session 05 5 14712 Depri 23 Hrs Reint Amount 0 1 mi Obiective Magazine Training Bar Press Sess Duraton 00 0030 0 Reinforcements 0 Bar Presses MovielRecord Dude251_S05 After selecting your desired subject and session the data for the current default behavior category will be graphed for that selection If you wish to view any alternative behavior corresponding to that same session you may do so by selecting from
24. hen the experiment is complete by using CyberRat s unique Fast Simulation mode that plays no video during the conduct of the session The default settings are to use Real Time Simulation with Video On for viewing your animal and to allow Manual early Termination of your Session if you desire to quit the session prior to its set duration after which it will self terminate Experimental Session Conditio1 Session s Duration Si it after or Reinforcements or Responses Atleast ONE Setting Required In most experiments you will also want to set the Session Duration so the experimental session self terminates after a fixed time interval or alternatively some number of reinforcements or even after a set number of bar presses As noted above may also decide to allow a Manual Termination that overrides this automatic session termination in cases where you might wish to abort an experimental session The default Session s Duration is 30 minutes as illustrated above and retyping this to any desired alternative will reset for that newly typed duration CyberRat User s Manual Chapter 5 31 Conducting an Experiment and Viewing Results Once you have established all of the required Settings for an experimental session you may select to begin your experiment by choosing the Experiment menu icon in the menu area as illustrated below Manual Reint Bar Off Manual Reint Bar On CRF Co
25. l Subje ETE Data Source Vaso351 Behavior in S and S Ph fi CyberRat User s Manual 54 and in the resulting cumulative graph that illustrates how grooming occurs within each and every lighting condition across the entire session Experimental Subject Vaso351 Data Source Vaso351 Behavior in 5 and S GRMN Cumulative Frequency of Behavior GRMN during Session Vaso351_546 on Frequency of Occurence o 00 00 0300 0600 0900 1200 15 00 1800 21 00 2400 2700 30 00 Time in HrMn Sc Grooming occurs most frequently after approximate exclusively within S lighting conditions thereafter ly 13 minutes have elapsed and almost And finally there is a tab for viewing Examples of each category viewed by clicking on the taxonomy listing next to the video one by one along with an operational definition of the selected category as illustrated at left CyberRat User s Manual 55 Better yet you can use the Illustration menu to select the Session Coding view 00 00 00 00 00 00 0207 8TRT This view illustrates how an Expert researcher would have used this taxonomy to collect a continuous coding record that accounts for every behavior on an inclusive i e the categories describe everything the animal is doing without gaps in description and mutually exclusive i e no two categories can occur at the same time
26. les and Parameters The Settings screen allows you to establish all of the experimental conditions you wish to use for your experimental session These are organized by three Tabs labeled Reinforcement Session Control and Discrimination and allow you to establish rules for how water reinforcement will or won t be available which may also include identifying which category of behavior you wish to reinforce such as bar pressing turning in circles rearing etc how much reinforcement to deliver each time how many hours your animal has been isolated from the water reinforcement deprivation schedule how long you want your session to be before it auto terminates whether you wish to use and with what rules Stimulus Discrimination training etc Let s consider each tab screen in detail Setting the Active Reinforcement Schedule Of course one of the first things you will want to do is to set the Reinforcement Rules for your planned experiment Depending upon the history of the animal you have selected for your current Experimental Subject some options are dimmed to indicate that they aren t logically consistent with that animal s current training history For example if you have selected a Naive animal with no prior experimental training you may only Habituate that animal to the experimental chamber or begin magazine training by manually delivering water and possibly arranging for the bar lever to also deliver wat
27. n Tab on the Settings screen This brings you to the panel layout illustrated below Manual Reinf Bar Off Manual Reinf Bar On CRF Continuous Reint FR Fixed Ratio VR Variable Ratio FI Fixed interval VI Variabie interval FT Fixed Temporal VT Variable Temporal Extinction Habituation Experimental Subject Vaso351 Reinf Rule FR 1 Fixed Ratio Objective Bar Press Stimulus Control O Manual SHS Control o J O rreastis meres I G varane svs norais Stimulus Durations Fixed Duration of S Intervals 20 seconds 40 so 60 70 80 90 Firea Duration of S Intervals 20 seconds 40 7 90 100 Variable Durations of S Intervals 20 seconds I so 60 Until you select to use one or another type of Stimulus Control top panel highlighted below all selections and sliders on the Discrimination Tab panel are dimmed deactivated So your first action is to select either Manual Fixed Schedule or Variable Schedule control of Green Red light alternations Without selecting one of these options NO SPECIFIC LIGHTING will appear during your experimental session Stimulus Control lanual S S Control ixed S S Intervals a ible S S Intervals CyberRat User s Manual 29 The Manual S S Control selection allows you to manually control the light conditions by clicking on the light itself during your experiment useful if you wish to use some unique p
28. nimal subject but also certain default assumptions are made by the system to allow you to move directly to shaping your first rat subject to press a lever or bar Unlike the individual who registers with a valid student ID number you have limited options All of these limitations are stated for you immediately after you attempt to login as a Visitor through the following message in the Title Screen CyberRat User s Manual 13 The message popup window titled Visitor s Limitations that you will receive states that You ve asked for Visitor status which means only one rat magazine trained in your Personal Colony your experimental data will NOT be saved after a session during the session all other features are completely functional Login as a Registered User of the CyberRat Laboratory As noted in Chapter 1 all users of CyberRat are required to first register at www cyberrat biz for an appropriate course and section assignment even if you are not a student but rather are an private user Beginning at the www cyberrat biz home page follow the On line Registration links to complete this process CyberRat User s Manual 14 IMPORTANT As stated previously if you intend to purchase CyberRat at our on line e commerce store rather than your institution s bookstore you must purchase and receive your CyberRat Proof of Purchase number prior to registration For instructions on how to purchase
29. ntinuous Rein FR Fixed Ratio VR Variable Ratio FI Fixed Interval VI Variable interval FT Fixed Temporal VT Variable Temporal Extinction Habituation berRat 3 1 0 05 11 12 Experimental Subject Vaso351 Reinf Rule FR 1 Fixed Ratio Objective Bar Press Reinforcement Session Control Stimulus Control O Manual S S Control E e J O rimasvs menais o O Variable S S intervals Stimulus Durations Fixed Duration of S Intervals 20 seconds gt 40 so 60 7 80 90 100 110 Fixed Duration of S Intervals 20 seconds 40 6i 7 80 90 100 110 Variabie Durations of 5 5 intervals 20 seconds I 120 120 You will typically select this menu item when you have completed setting the experimental parameters for your experiment at the Settings screen as illustrated above but you may actually select this option from any screen within CyberRat once you have already conducted one session with established settings Thus you may conduct a SERIES of equivalent sessions one after another without having to visit the Settings screen if you haven t exited quit the CyberRat application The most typical example of this is selecting to conduct another session as you complete a review of the previous session from the Graphing screen In any case clicking on Experiment will launch a new session for your Selected Experimental Subject shown in the upper right statu
30. o training _ Water Magazine Trained ed _ Bar Press Shaped 1 session __ Bar Press CRF Trained ome _ F190 s Bar Press Maintenance 9 V190 s Bar Press Maintenance FR15 Bar Press Maintenance L VR 15 Bar Press Maintenance and give a Name to your new Subject Selecting one of Your Subjects for Experimentation Clicking on any name in the listing of Subjects you have in your personal colony will select that animal for your current experimentation Experimenta Subject Vasods1 Novemecerd vast CyberRat User s Manual 19 Immediately upon selection of an animal several menu options that were previously deactivated when you first logged in will now become activated thus indicating that you have several options of working with this selected subject You may select any specific session from the journal of past experimental sessions to then review via the Graphing Replay or Beh Analysis tools available in CyberRat all of which we ll consider in subsequent chapters You will also see the option for selecting the Settings menu that takes you to the screen where you establish experimental settings rules and parameters for conducting a new experimental session We will consider details of this process in the next chapter Experimental Subject Vaso351 Your Personal Experimental Journal As soon as you select an animal from the listing of all subjects in your colony that animal is not only selected as
31. one of the various alternatives offered in the Behavior menu as illustrated below Tb 5 a icy of Behavior Bar Press during Session Vaso351_S57 D CyberRat User s Manual 39 Click on the behavior you wish to have plotted in your graph In the illustration below Going to the Water Dipper is graphed along with all deliveries of reinforcement for bar pressing marks in red at the bottom of the graph during that session 117 Reinforcements 996 Bar Presses Frequency of Occurence A SHANE SEAN NAS BY tooo osoo 1200 m00 zaoo aooo aeoo azoo amoo saoo 1 00 00 Time in HrMn Sc Alternative Preference Settings for Graphing Your Data The Graphing menu offers several alternatives for selection The first is Graphing Preferences as illustrated below Add Graph to Multiples List Delete Multiples List Delete trom Multiples List Graph Multiples List Add Session Notes to Journal CyberRat User s Manual 40 Selecting the Graphing Preferences option gives you a panel with several alternatives for establishing alternative ways of viewing your data Graphing Format C With Pen Resets at currently set Max Y Value 1 itive F A withoutPen Resets Adjusts Max Y and Max Xto t SS On faso35 s Depriv Show Session Info M Show Graph Grid EES Ratio Xand Y Axes 51 FAS
32. ptions But having a wide range of options implies that you must inform the graphics system quite precisely about the data you wish to plot Thus we will consider the many options and requirements of this powerful system Selecting a Subject Session and Behavior to Graph As noted at the end of Chapter 5 concerning Experiments when a session has been completed it always takes you to view the results of that session on the Graphing screen In this section we will cover how to graph other sessions and or other subject s data This option exists in slightly different forms depending on the screen from where you start For example if you have just logged into CyberRat and wish only to review some prior Experiments you may select an animal and review its experimental Journal on the Colony screen If you find a session you wish to graph you may simply select that session and click on the Graphing menu to see that selected session s graph the same is true for selecting Replay or Beh Analysis menus with that session selected An illustration of this procedure is illustrated below sperimarta Subject Vaso351 Sammon 61 802 Dean 23 Hre Rest mount 0 Rent Rl sed Rao Rao acuta ctr Bar Press zation 01 3738 PAST RUN Ee Session 525 1312 Deorv23 Hes Reint Rule CRF Corenvous ein Ren Rule CRF Corenvous CyberRat User s Manual 37 Alternatively you may wish to graph data from alternative experiments while you are on
33. purchase of the downloadable version of CyberRat You have purchased only downloadable software and no product will be shipped to you You may download as many copies to as many computers as you wish with this single registration Your serial number is 3FCRXXXXXXXXX your personal number will be here Go to http www CyberRat biz to register this number and complete your course registration so your instructor may receive your assignments when you complete them A fully illustrated User Guide for CyberRat may be downloaded by using the last link on the following web page http www ai2inc com AIDownloads AIDownloads guide_downloads html You may download CyberRat itself beginning at http www ai2inc com AIDownloads download_index html CyberRat User s Manual 6 If you are using a Windows computer be sure to have Apple s free Quicktime Player V 7 x installed Otherwise the playback video screen will simply show as a black screen sales amp information AD 2 Inc http www ai2inc com 2 ACTIVATION REGISTRATION How and What Do I Register As the activation e mail message instructs go to www cyberrat biz NOTE the BIZ at the end There you will see the following page Activation Site For 2 i ArtfcaltyIntoigent ang Adaptive Instructional Software Your Home tor Cyberfist Activation Number Registration mate gue Thi wo whore you vogn your tivation Sarat muioer Sesion data on ou servers a
34. ring Session Vaso351_S48 Experimental Subject Vaso351 Session 48 5 12 12 Dopriv 23 Hrs 27 Reint Amount 0 1 mi Reint Rule Manual Reint Bar On Objective Bar Press 24 4 Sess Duration 00 10 03 27 Reinforcements 26 Bar Presses za Frequency of Occurence z o4 gt 00 00 01 01 0202 03 03 04 04 05 05 06 06 Time in HeMn Se oror os08 09 09 10 10 Other Features ntal Subject Vaso351 Bar On 5 5 Objective Bar Press D E If you have set your experimental I Subject Vaso351 Bar On S S tive Bar Press parameters to include a stimulus discrimination component you will see the Discrimination Stimulus S along with the Bar Activation status light on the right of the experimental window Which light is on will tell you the current status of experimental conditions for the animal as illustrated at left If you have set your Discrimination schedule to Manual clicking on the lights will alter their status Ea t E CyberRat User s Manual 36 Chapter 6 Graphing Experimental Results The CyberRat laboratory offers you a sophisticated graphing system to help you analyze and report your data Because you may graph your data long after you actually conduct your experiment or you may wish to compare one session or subject with another the graphics system offers you a wide range of o
35. rocedure or you may select to have automated control of light presentations There are two alternatives for automated control The first is the use of a Fixed or regular schedule with the S set for some specific duration that doesn t fluctuate and the S set for another same or different duration that also doesn t fluctuate Alternatively you may wish to have a variable S S schedule with some average duration which you may set but which randomly varies in real durations around that average Appropriate or relevant sliders allowing you to establish lighting duration parameters each activate depending upon your choice of types of Stimulus Control For example the illustration below shows a setup for alternating S with S as each successive 60 seconds elapse within a given stimulus condition Reinforcement Session Control Stimulus Control C Manual S S Control tt Fixed S S Intervals S _ Variable S S Intervals Stimulus Durations Variable Durations of S S Intervals 20 seconds 50 60 70 90 Setting other Session Control Parameters The final Settings required determine how and how long your session will be conducted For example you may select to view your entire experiment while it runs actually required for all Manual Reinforcement conditions including magazine training and CyberRat User s Manual 30 shaping behavior or to place your animal in the chamber and return w
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37. s information area and CyberRat User s Manual 32 using the established Settings last set Each new Session begins with either the video showing your rat being placed into the operant conditioning chamber as seen below Or if your Settings were set for Fast Simulation with No Video Showing you will see an animated cartoon dancing rat as illustrated next j SPS Rna Ti minge Experiment Graphing Replay _ Eeh Analysts 0 os e E CyberRat User s Manual 33 IMPORTANT NOTE If you do not have Apple s QuickTime Player a free download from Apple s web site you will only see a black screen at all times and will need to download install a QuickTime player To confirm that your computer can actually play the CyberRat video you can navigate into the CyberRat RatMedia folder and launch the S_CyRat moy to see if it will play outside of CyberRat If it doesn t you don t have QuickTime properly installed If you selected one of the two possible reinforcement rules that have Manual Reinforcement available the green Manual Reinf button in the panel to the right of the operant chamber will be activated not dimmed and activation means that clicking this button will deliver a drop of water reinforcement for whatever the animal is doing at the exact time you clicked this button This is thus a very important button if you are shaping a new behavior eoo CyberRat 3 1 0 05 11 12 f CyberRat Colony Experiment Graphi
38. t A Inc Otherwise you have hi ited stor fn serves rom your copy o Cera ut evn nom Cea sera se acta consignee erent Eudent progran for al studante im thar and ONLY tht speci ours and or mponTanT Eron tyon waa Sngl induat aey rot BR Ecour tom en pcr at sono uve you MUST ropata inour AAVAT E USE sacs mow a a and ala storage fr You ingie copy of Cea CLICK HERE 1o bag you Activation Repitraton CyberRat User s Manual 7 The CLICK HERE at the bottom of the page illustrated above starts the registration of your Activation Serial number First you Register your serial number type it in and click Send Information as illustrated below Activation Site For Al Inc Artificially Intelligent and Adaptive Instructional Software Page 2 of 7 of the CyberRat activation site Please enter your Prost of Purchase activation serial number into the fold below P Fenoaeoono00 Next you need to submit a STUDENT ID number your university ID that will also be used as a LOGIN ID when you start using CyberRat The remainder of the registration process should be self explanatory as you go through it you are essentially signing up for the instructor school course section that requires use of CyberRat This assures the right instructor gets your data when you run experiments 3 DOWNLOAD CyberRat software Let s walk through the Download process a Begin at http www ai2inc com where among the tab menu items at the
39. the currently active Experimental Subject but also you will see to the right a complete experimental journal for this selected animal Experimental Subject Vaso351 CyberRat User s Manual 20 The beginning entry in this journal includes individual subject details such as initial training history weight and an ID number that helps instructors know something about this individual animal s learning parameters Following that is a complete session by session history of the subject s experimental treatments including all experimental rules and other parametric setting details Eliminating a Subject from Your Personal Colony If you would like to permanently remove an animal from your personal colony for any reason for example to replace one subject with another animal simply select the name of that animal in your subject listing and then click on the button at the lower left of the graphic This will present you with a confirmation popup that explains what is about to happen and gives you an opportunity to either confirm your decision or to cancel the request to delete the subject a Experimental Subject Dude251 X Experiment Graphing Replay teh subject Dude251 Weigh 260 grams No alnng experience Clicking on Confirm will bring a confirmation window notifying you of the complete elimination of your selected subject from your personal colony CyberRat User s Manual 21 Chapter 4 Setting Experimental Ru
40. the pen resets because of the many different graphing segments Thus if you wish to view more than one session CyberRat offers the opportunity to graph multiple graphs superimposed on one another as a set of graphs see details in the corresponding section of the Graphing Menu discussion later in this chapter where the maximum frequency of the set determines the maximum common Y value for all graphs in the set This implies of course that you must have your graphing preferences set for Without Pen Resets to have the multiple graphing set option available since resets can t be accommodated in such comparisons Other Graphing Format options allow you to show or hide the Session s information field and to show or hide the internal Graph Grid markings Likewise if you have the Format set for Pen Resets you can change the maximum X and or Y values for each axis and you may change from the minutes default to showing total seconds for the duration X axis of your session Be sure to Save any preference changes you make to keep them as your personal defaults Other Graphing Menu Alternatives Make Graph Snapshot The Graphing menu offers you the opportunity to save snapshots of your graph suitable for copying into a word processing application document as illustrated below This makes it convenient if you are assigned to write experimental reports and wish to include Figures illustrating specific
41. top of this page is the Downloads tab click on this menu item to access the AI Inc online Store CyberRat User s Manual 8 Psychoiogy Exploring Behavior Trin To Cade New Product Coming Soon Watch for our soon to be released raa A12 Inc Artificially Intelligent Adaptive Instruction Multimedia Publishing Software Development amp Research for A totaly redesigned version Psychology RE bas maari nako Ray amp Ray Society for Computers in Psychology introductory presontation b When you get to the Downloads main page there are options to go to the Mac Products Downloads seen below Use the Above Links to Downloed Producte such as Textoocks Tutoriala Cyber Trnin To Code and Mediaatrix Presenter User Guides er eaeh product are sao valee via the Usor Guides menu pove CyberRat User s Manual or the Windows Downloads Page seen below Mac Prove Dowload Uso the Above Links to Download Producte such as Textbooks Tutoriala GyborFat Traln Te Code and Medattatix Prasontor User Guides for aaeh produet are slag availabe via the User Guidea manu above After selecting the Product type that matches your computer s Operating System Mac Windows you will see a list of product download options Select to download CyberRat as illustrated here or PDEs TEXTBOOKS ng Behavior OIT Psychology sn o Payhoogy Ex or Laama amp Gonaioning Tuto Windows OS users are aownio
42. ty The Time Distribution tab offers a detailed table illustrating how time is distributed budgeted for each category of behavior in each condition iA 9 on _ Beh Frequencies BARC 0447 1172 0067 Bme Jo o o DPR 2698 466 8 0 267 expe 1 173 79 733 0 046 5 GRMN 3783 15 133 0 009 wove 0962 52 933 003 Bm o o o ty REAR 1 738 504 0029 a a a a RuBF o o o SCRT_ 1244 3733 0 002 STRT 2487 2467 0 001 13 08 CF ar BARC 0 644 348 0 02 ere 0267 0 267 o DipR 1142 115333 0 066 Expy 1591 307 0 176 GRMN 2 425 19 4 0 011 Move 1072 171 467 0 098 oBm 1533 1 533 0 001 REAR 3 217 1898 0 109 RUBF 1933 1 933 0 001 SCRT 1533 6 133 0 004 sT o o o 14 07 CyberRat User s Manual 53 Behavioral kinematics describe how the animal changes from doing one thing the Preceding Behavior and begins doing something else the Succeeding Behavior This matrix shows the sequential conditional probability for each type of behavior to behavior change throughout the session or within each stimulus condition There is also a tab for generating a cumulative graph that allows the user to select from each behavioral category to look for changes in rate across time throughout the session The category Grooming is illustrated both in the menu Experimenta
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44. ve reinforcement for each instance of a bar press Because all bar presses are automatically reinforced the experimenter is not required to set any slide parameters for reinforcement Fixed Interval The subject will receive reinforcement for the first bar press response made after a fixed length of time The experimenter must set the length of this fixed time interval during which the subject will not be reinforced by sliding the indicator on the slide parameter scale to the desired interval Variable Interval The subject will receive reinforcement for the first bar press response made after a varying length of time The experimenter must set the length of this varying time interval during which the subject will not be reinforced by sliding both the maximum time and the minimum time indicators on the slide parameter scale to the desired maximum and minimum time units within which the subject will not be reinforced Establishing both a maximum and a minimum will cause a simple mean number to also be established and the indicator will automatically adjust to that number Fixed Ratio The subject will be reinforced after a fixed number of bar presses The experimenter will need to set the slide indicator at the desired number of presses Variable Ratio The subject will receive reinforcement after a varying number of bar presses The experimenter will need to set the maximum and minimum number of bar presses after which the subject
45. velopment amp Research for ict reas erin Psychology Pech we teaeg ty ay Society or computare nPaycolony ioc ecerston Behavioral eseareh Methods 2008 pacaton This form of highlighting will be used throughout this User s Guide to point to areas of interest CyberRat User s Manual 4 What are my Purchase Options There are many different products available here each with its own Menu in the secondary menu bar just below the visual display of products Click on the CyberRat secondary menu option as illustrated here Exploring Behavior Train To Code Cyberat Tutorias Giossary Thesanis MediaMatx Presenter OIT Psychology Please select me tem you wish to purchase from the above menu Please ALLOW 24 HOURS for amai daiivery of Activation Numbers Be aware of possible spam blockers by adding ai2ine com to your sate mai ist end use your most frequent monitored e mail address during purchase your Activation Number wil be sent to the EMAN YOU SUPPLY DURING YOUR PayPal PURCHASE IMPORTANT NOTE We shio no products Purchases are ONLY for Activation Serial Numbers tnat alow you to fully enable through a registration process your respective Downloaded Software via Downloads fnk in our Main Menu During this ragistration process you wil also be asked to submit a Student Us9 ID for all futura parsonalizad login to our product spectic servars and databases Your registration also activates our Insirutor cou
46. what limiting the alternative forms of training and or behavior you can shape in CyberRat FR Fixed Ratio VR Variable Ratio FI Fixed Interval VI Variable Interval FT Fixed Temporal VT Variable Temporal Extinction Habituation Fixed Ratio n_ orcement 1 CyberRat User s Manual 25 There are four potential slide indicators located on this screen depending upon whether you select a schedule of reinforcement that needs parameter setting specifications Each of these sliders serves a different function Each of these functions has a default setting for new experimenters but each also allows you to change settings for the desired schedule of reinforcement the amount of water delivered for each reinforcement and the number of hours your subject has been deprived of water prior to the experiment For example if you selected a Fixed Ratio FR schedule of reinforcement the Ratio slider would also activate in addition to the Deprivation and Amount sliders thus allowing you to establish the number of bar presses required for delivering each reinforcement as illustrated below 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 Amount of Reinforcement 0 1 ml per drop 0 25 030 035 040 0 45 0 50 Fixed Interval number of seconds between available Reinforcements 1 32 62 2 2 212 Default Parameter Settings The equipment in this laboratory is always set to a commonly used default setting for all parameters These include
47. will be reinforced Establishing both a maximum and a minimum will cause a simple mean number to also be established and the indicator will automatically adjust to that number CyberRat User s Manual 24 Fixed Temporal Under this setting a drop of water reinforcement is delivered strictly on a regular or fixed timed schedule every X seconds and is delivered totally independently of what the animal is doing Variable Temporal Under this setting a drop of water reinforcement is delivered strictly on an irregular or variable random timing schedule every X seconds on average and is delivered totally independently of what the animal is doing Extinction No bar presses will be reinforced under this setting although some prior training of some behavior is assumed to have already taken place Therefore the experimenter will not need to set any other reinforcement schedule parameters Habituation No water is available during this setting condition including bar presses or any other behavior No behavior will be reinforced under this setting and no prior training except perhaps earlier Habituation is possible If you have selected a Manual Reinforcement Schedule with the Bar OFF the system assumes you are intending to shape an alternative form of behavior In order to know how to graph this behavior a list of alternative forms of behavior the graphing system can recognize is immediately offered for your selection thus some
48. your experimental arrangements and parameters When you open CyberRat for the very first time you have no animals assigned to you for experimentation and thus must add at least one animal to your personal Colony prior to conducting any experimental sessions If you leave the colony for any reason you may return at any time by selecting the Colony menu option at the top of each screen Adding an Experimental Subject To select a new subject use the button at the lower left of the graphic of the animal s home cage as illustrated below CyberRat User s Manual Experimental Subject None ings Experiment After you have added each new subject a field appears which requests that you choose a specific Training History for this subject You need to choose the prior experimental training history you want for this subject by checking the desired selection Replay Beh Analysis Analyst Cancel Add to Colony 17 CyberRat User s Manual 18 After selecting a specific history for your subject you need either to accept the default name for your new Subject or type in any name you prefer for this specific subject When satisfied with History and Name click on the Add to Colony button to include this new animal in your colony iment Graphing Replay Beh Analysis You have requested a new subject for your Colony Please indicate which type of Training History you wish this subject to have M Naive n
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