Bubble templates in rats

Bubble templates in rats - While rodents are the first-choice animal model in the life sciences, they are rarely used as a model for higher visual functions. Here we report the performance of rats in a visual discrimination task applying the multivariate 'Bubbles' paradigm previously used in highly visual species such as humans, monkeys, and pigeons. We demonstrate a relationship between discrimination accuracy and local occlusion of stimuli by bubbles, as such revealing the strategies or 'templ