TY  - JOUR
TI  - Cued Rat Gambling Task
AU  - Barrus, Michael  M.
AU  - Winstanley, Catharine A. 
VL  - 7
IS  - 3
PY  - 2017
DA  - 2017/02/05
SP  - e2118
C1  - Bio-protocol 2017;7:e2118
DO  - 10.21769/BioProtoc.2118
UR  - https://doi.org/10.21769/BioProtoc.2118
AB  - The ability of salient cues to serve as powerful motivators has long been recognized in models of drug addiction, but little has been done to investigate their effects on complex decision making. The Cued rat Gambling Task (CrGT) is an operant behavioural task which pairs salient, audiovisual cues with the delivery of sucrose pellet rewards on complex schedules of reinforcement that involve both sugar pellet ‘wins’ and timeout penalty ‘losses’. The task was designed with the intention of providing insight into the influence of such cues on decision making in a manner that models human gambling.
KW  - Decision making
KW  - Gambling
KW  - Animal models
KW  - Addiction
KW  - Impulsivity
KW  - Cues
JF  - Bio-protocol
SN  - 2331-8325
PB  - Bio-protocol LLC.
BIO101  - False