On 27 Nov 1995, Joseph Cheer wrote:
>>> I would like to know if the golden hamster is a good experiemtnal subject
> for performing behavioral tasks (such as delayed-non-match-to-sample or
> Morris Water Maze)
>> Thanks in advance neuronetters
I've run Siberian hamsters in mazes and they were OK (not as good as
rats). I would be surprised, however, if they could do delayed matching
to sample - that's actually pretty difficult. When I trained monkeys to
do it, it took THEM several months to catch on. Well, sorry to sound
discouraging... you could try it and prove me wrong :)
Sandra
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sandraw at U.Arizona.EDU
