Obstacle Course enrichment enhances cross-modal (tactile-to-visual) object recognition, with only the OC group discriminating at a 1-h delay¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · causal r2 · q2 · i3 large
Currency · newest study 2022 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? At a 1-h delay, the OC group significantly outperformed the CC group and was the only group to discriminate between novel and familiar objects. → Gattas 2022 q2 i3 The CMOR experiment showed a significant main effect of group, while the delay main effect and delay x group interaction were not significant. → Gattas 2022 (2)

Evidence¶

Gattas 2022¶

Gattas, S., Collett, H. A., Huff, A. E., Creighton, S. D., Weber, S. E., Buckhalter, S. S., Manning, S. A., Ryait, H. S., McNaughton, B. L., & Winters, B. D. (2022). A rodent obstacle course procedure controls delivery of enrichment and enhances complex cognition. npj Science of Learning. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-022-00134-x

q2 · i? · causal · r2

Tactile-to-visual cross-modal object recognition task (sample 10 min, delays 30 min and 1 h) 4 months post-enrichment in the four-group design. At 1 h only the OC group discriminated, t(9) = −4.357, p = 0.002; no effect size is printed for this contrast.

"Subsequent planned analysis for the 1-h delay using independent samples t-tests revealed a significant difference in group performance on the task between the OC and the CC group, t(18) = 4.119, p = 0.001."

Gattas 2022 (2)¶

Gattas, S., Collett, H. A., Huff, A. E., Creighton, S. D., Weber, S. E., Buckhalter, S. S., Manning, S. A., Ryait, H. S., McNaughton, B. L., & Winters, B. D. (2022). A rodent obstacle course procedure controls delivery of enrichment and enhances complex cognition. npj Science of Learning. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-022-00134-x

q2 · i3 · causal · r2

CMOR omnibus ANOVA in the four-group design: a significant main effect of group, partial η2 = 0.293, while the delay main effect, F(1, 36) = 1.584, p = 0.216, partial η2 = 0.042, and the delay x group interaction, F(3, 36) = 2.762, p = 0.056, partial η2 = 0.187, were not significant.

"there was a signi ficant main effect of group F(3, 36) = 4.981, p = 0.005, partial η2 = 0.293."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Visual Processing — outcome: instruction changes it

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