We have begun the final phase of our experiment (phase 4). Our experiment consists of the flat maze, the first incline and the final incline. The first slope of the incline we used for each rat was .05715 with a highest point of 5.715cm. Phase 4 consists of inclining the maze even further. The slope of Phase 4 = .1524, with the highest point of 15.24cm. We choose these heights due to the fact that they are significantly different in height.
Below is a picture to show an updated version of our apparatus and the incline that we are using for Phase 4:
Here are the graphs for Mrs. Brisby and Dodger comapring their data from Phase 1, 2 and 4:
Remember that in Phase 1, Mrs. Brisby was on the flat maze and Dodger was on the slope of .05715 with a highest point of 5.715cm. Then, in Phase 2, Mrs. Brisby was on the slope of .05715 with a highest point of 5.715cm, while Dodger was on the flat maze. Finally, in Phase 4 both rats were placed on the slope of .1524, with the highest point of 15.24cm.
Mrs. Brisby and Dodger (1,2 &4)
Here is a quick video of Phase 4 with Mrs. Brisby and Dodger:
Here are charts comparing data from phase 1, 2 and 4 for Dinner and Eleanore, and a combined phase 1 and 3 (phase 3 being the habituation phase) with phase 4 for Jenny:
