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Two open source designs for a low‐cost operant chamber using Raspberry Pi™
Author(s) -
Gurley Katelyn
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of the experimental analysis of behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.75
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1938-3711
pISSN - 0022-5002
DOI - 10.1002/jeab.520
Subject(s) - touchscreen , operant conditioning , raspberry pi , computer science , point (geometry) , human–computer interaction , computer hardware , computer graphics (images) , psychology , reinforcement , embedded system , mathematics , social psychology , internet of things , geometry
After almost a century of use and development, operant chambers remain a significant financial investment for scientists. Small powerful single‐board computers such as the Raspberry Pi™ offer researchers a low‐cost alternative to expensive operant chambers. In this paper, we describe two new operant chambers, one using nose‐poke ports as operanda and another using a touchscreen. To validate the chamber designs, rats learned to perform both visual discrimination and delayed alternation tasks in each chamber. Designs and codes are open source and serve as a starting point for researchers to develop behavioral experiments or educational demonstrations.