Sign Tracking

Rice, Beth Ann; Akins, Chana K.

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-47829-6_614-1

Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior 2019

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-47829-6_614-1

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Sign Tracking

Beth Ann Rice¹,

Chana K. Akins²

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“…Since visual cues in the environment are widely accepted as influencing drug-taking, including during the absence of drug-taking, resulting in drug-seeking and eventually relapse (Childress et al, 1988), such research is important. Japanese quail have repeatedly been used to investigate STing behavior with discrete cues (e.g., Domjan et al, 1988; Rice & Akins, 2019) because their visual system allows them to see in color with high acuity (Mills et al, 1997). Specifically, Domjan et al (1988) demonstrated male quail could distinguish between a discrete CS associated with reward (access to copulate with a female quail) and a CS not associated with any reward.…”

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Characterizing sign-tracking behavior in female Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica).

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Rice²

2023

Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology

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Relapse-like behaviors have been measured in animals using the Pavlovian conditioned approach (PCA) model. During conditioning, a reward is paired with a novel, neutral cue (unconditioned stimulus; UCS). Repeated pairing of the UCS with a salient reward can elicit a conditioned response (CR). Sign tracking (STing) is a CR to the newly conditioned stimulus (CS). Subjects that show a propensity to sign-tracker (ST) show greater rates of drug-taking behaviors. The vast majority of research in sign tracking is in a male species. Few studies have measured STing in a female model, and those that have, were in a rodent model, which relies predominantly on the olfactory system. Since quail have a visual system similar to humans, and since, in humans, visual cues associated with drug-taking have been implicated as a catalyst to renewed drug-taking, further research was called for. In the current experiment, female Japanese quail, (Coturnix japonica) were conditioned to one light, which was paired with a reward (food). Results found a significant Day × Response type (STing and Goal Tracking; GTing) interaction, F(4, 128) 3.24, p = .01, partial η 2 = .09, indicating that STing and GTing were significantly different across conditioning days. Specifically, STing was significantly higher than GTing on all conditioning days, p's = .0001. We conclude that female quail show a propensity to sign track as previously demonstrated in female rodent models. The importance of understanding the influence of visual cues on relapse-predictive behavior in a visually orientated female model may provide potential treatments for problematic drug-taking behaviors. Public Health SignificanceThis study is the first to show sign-tracking behavior in a female, predominantly visual, avian species, using a model similar to rodents. Understanding visual cues' influence on relapse-predictive behavior in a visual, female model may provide potential treatments for problematic drug-taking behaviors.

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Characterizing sign-tracking behavior in female Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica).

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Rice²

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Characterizing sign-tracking behavior in female Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica).

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