Circular Black Pool Lab Report

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A circular black pool (136 cm diameter, 60 cm height and 30 cm depth) was filled with water (24–26°C). A circular platform (10 cm diameter, 28 cm height) was placed within the pool and was submerged ∼2 cm below the surface of the water in the center of the southwest quadrant. Outside the maze, fixed visual cues (i.e. a computer, hardware, and posters) were present at various locations around the room. Before the experiment, each rat habituated to the water maze for 30 seconds without a platform. The animals performed four trials daily, for 5 days. Each trial began with the rat being placed in the pool and released facing the side wall at one of the four positions (the boundaries of the four quadrants, labeled north (N), east (E), south (S),

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