Consistency of cognitive performance in spatial navigation and its link to and boldness in rats
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Alternative codes found
RIV/00216208:11310/25:10498490
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2025.105205" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2025.105205</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2025.105205" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.beproc.2025.105205</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Consistency of cognitive performance in spatial navigation and its link to and boldness in rats
Original language description
Even though cognitive testing in animals is widespread, many issues remain open for example the influence of behavioural parameters on cognitive performance, stability of cognitive performance upon repeated testing, or comparability of cognitive variables across different tasks (i.e. cross-contextual consistency). In this study we tested thirty six male Long Evans laboratory rats and assessed their cognitive performance in two standard tasks of spatial navigation Active allothetic place avoidance and Morris water maze test. Using multivariate analyses, we detected different aspects of cognition within these complex tasks (the ability to learn fast, cognitive flexibility, general ability to solve a task successfully). We found that consistency of cognitive performance in these two tasks (estimates of cognitive repeatability) differed substantially, reflecting differences in the experimental procedures. Moreover, we inspected cognitive performance of the animals in more detail by creating a correlation matrix of factors derived from these procedures. Nevertheless, we found no correlation and therefore no indication of a general cognitive ability in spatial navigation using these two tasks. In addition, we found no link between personality and cognition when correlating cognitive performance of the animals with parameters from personality tests, which were derived from a previous study conducted on the same animals. These findings highlight a task-dependent nature of cognitive performance in these two tasks of spatial navigation and suggest that general cognitive ability in spatial navigation may not be reliably inferred from these two tasks, while also indicating no evident link between cognition and personality in this context.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
30103 - Neurosciences (including psychophysiology)
Result continuities
Project
Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Behavioural Processes
ISSN
0376-6357
e-ISSN
1872-8308
Volume of the periodical
228
Issue of the periodical within the volume
May
Country of publishing house
NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS
Number of pages
10
Pages from-to
105205
UT code for WoS article
001486759300001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-105004258932