Differing results in olfactory-based decision-making research regarding the amount of time
that rats and mice use to identify odors have led to some disagreements about odor …

To elucidate the cognitive structures of animals, neuroscientists use several behavioral
tasks. Therefore, it is imperative to have a firm understanding of each task's behavioral …

Odor discrimination times and their dependence on stimulus similarity were evaluated to test
temporal and spatial models of odor representation in mice. In a go/no-go operant …

Temporal limits on perceptual decisions set strict boundaries on the possible underlying
neural computations. How odor information is encoded in the olfactory system is still poorly …

While it is commonly assumed that decisions taken slowly result in superior outcomes, is it
possible that optimal decision making does not always require sacrificing speed? For odor …

Recent studies show that some features of odor perception are predicted by olfactory
receptor biophysics and olfactory bulb physiology. Those studies used a behavioral assay in …

Olfaction based behavioral experiments are important for the investigation of sensory
coding, perception, decision making and memory formation. The predominant experimental …

Many mammals display brief bouts of high-frequency (4–10 Hz) sniffing when sampling
odors. Given this, high-frequency sniffing is thought to play an important role in odor …

Animals choose between sensory stimuli, a highly complex behavior which includes
detection, discrimination, preference, and memory processes. Rodents are reported to …

Olfactory system beta (15–35 Hz) and gamma (40–110 Hz) oscillations of the local field
potential in mammals have both been linked to odor learning and discrimination. Gamma …