?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Odor+Based+Behavioral+Tasks+Confounded+by+Distance+Dependent+Detection%3A+Modification+of+a+Murine+Digging+Paradigm&rft.creator=+KATZ%2C+EMILY&rft.creator=ROTHSCHILD%2C+OLIVER&rft.creator=HERRERA%2C+ANDRIANA&rft.creator=+HUANG%2C+SOFIA&rft.creator=WONG%2C+ANNA&rft.creator=WOJCIECHOWSKI%2C+YVETTE&rft.creator=GIL%2C+AIDA&rft.creator=YAN%2C+QI+JIANG&rft.creator=BAUCHWITZ%2C+ROBERT&rft.subject=Animal+Cognition&rft.description=Tests+of+murine+higher+order+cognition+are+important+in+order+to+fully+explore+the+effects+of+genetic+alterations+and+potential+therapies+in+models+of+human+mental+retardation+and+other+deficits+of+intellect.+In+this+study%2C+inbred+and+F1+hybrid+strains+of+mice+were+assessed+in+a+five+odor+sequence+task+previously+described+for+rats+which+employs+buried+food+rewards.+Data+are+provided+indicating+that+the+use+of+buried+rewards+in+mouse+olfactory+digging+tasks+should+be+approached+with+significant+caution.+An+alternate+test+of+sequence+dependent+working+memory+(2-sequence+task)+using+a+post+choice%2C+drop-in+food+reward+is+described.+After+achievement+of+stable+average+plateau+scores%2C+a+streak+and+slump+pattern%2C+rather+than+near+errorless+performance%2C+was+observed.+Therefore%2C+mice+do+not+appear+to+effortlessly+acquire+sequences+of+odors+in+a+working+memory+paradigm+in+which+rewarded+odors+are+constantly+changing.+&rft.date=2003-12&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3316%2F1%2FOdorMantoCogprints1203.pdf&rft.identifier=+++KATZ%2C+EMILY+and+ROTHSCHILD%2C+OLIVER+and+HERRERA%2C+ANDRIANA+and++HUANG%2C+SOFIA+and+WONG%2C+ANNA+and+WOJCIECHOWSKI%2C+YVETTE+and+GIL%2C+AIDA+and+YAN%2C+QI+JIANG+and+BAUCHWITZ%2C+ROBERT++(2003)+Odor+Based+Behavioral+Tasks+Confounded+by+Distance+Dependent+Detection%3A+Modification+of+a+Murine+Digging+Paradigm.++%5BPreprint%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3316%2F