Other mazes

Abstract

In this chapter, we review the use of six different mazes for the study of strain differences in learning and memory in mice: the Barnes maze, the holeboard, the T-maze, the Y-maze, the Lashley type III, and Hebb-Williams mazes. Although these mazes are less frequently used than others, such as the Morris water maze and radial arm maze, they are inexpensive to make and can assess the same forms of learning and memory as more commonly used tests. For example, depending on the test procedure, these mazes can be used to study spatial, cued, and response learning, as well as reference and working memory. The T- and Y-mazes can also be used to assess working memory through the measure of spontaneous alternation. Although this chapter focuses on strain differences in measures of learning and memory in these mazes, sex differences are often found in studies of maze learning, and are discussed here when they have been reported. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved)