All protocols/resources are provided for free use. While we make every attempt to ensure their accuracy and function, we make no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability, or suitability with respect to the information or products for any purpose. Any reliance you place on such information is therefore strictly at your own risk.
If you find these programs useful, we only ask you cite relevant publications from our laboratory (Wright et al 2015, DiLeo et al 2016).
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Our lab uses Med Associates hardware/software. Program function depends on a specific Med Associates Smart Control Panel (SG-716B) configuration.
Standard configuration for our lab: McDannaldSmartConfiguration.pdf
Behavior Testing
Prior to each behavior session, inputs and outputs are tested with BehTest. A single nose poke serially delivers: a food pellet, each auditory cue, all visual cues and a foot shock. The contents of the .pdf file can be copied and pasted into Med Trans IV and saved as an .mpc file: BehTest.pdf
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In most experiments, subjects first learn to nose poke for a food reward. Rewarded nose poking is maintained throughout behavioral testing. Independent of nose poking, auditory cues are played that predict shock with different probabilities, for example: 1.00, 0.25 or 0.00. The assignment of physical cue identity to shock probability is counterbalanced between individuals in a group by using different Med Associates programs. ​
Here is an example of a Med Associates program used for discrimination: PR25A.pdf
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​Behavioral sessions must be named as shown in HowToNameSession in order for the analysis programs to function: HowToNameSession.pdf
Data from Med Associates programs are saved into a single file for each calendar day. From this single file, individual sessions are split out using MedFileSplitter.
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All analyses are performed on individual session data: MedFileSplitter
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