Fright or Delight? Dopamine-Mediated Fear Response in the Amygdala
Since little is known about how dopamine affects aversive learning in humans, Frick et al. recently sought to describe the role of dopamine in fear memory formation within the human amygdala, which we review in this blog post.
Passive Avoidance Response in Rats: Effects of Handling and Novel Object Recognition
Storing aversive memories is important to survival, but learned avoidance responses decrease over time without reinforcement. Since little is known about the mechanisms behind this process, Bengoetxea de Tena et al. evaluated how naive rats respond to a learning and memory task under fear conditions in a recently published study, which we review in this blog post.
How to Synchronize Participant Video With Physiology Data
An essential webinar for scientists interested in recording synchronized video with physiological measurements in human or animal research applications.
Animal Behavioral Neuroscience 2015
A webinar series focused on tools and techniques to study animal behavior.
#ExpertAnswers: Gerry Herrera on Automated Analysis of Behavioral Data
Gerry Herrera discusses the automated analysis of behavioral data in fear conditioning research.
Automated Analysis of Behavioral Data – Examples from Fear Conditioning Studies
Dr. Gerry Herrera discusses automated analysis of behavioral data in fear conditioning research, including study design, the importance of instrument calibration and how to ensure systems score behavior accurately and consistently.