Using Pharmacological Manipulation and High-precision Radio Telemetry to Study the Spatial Cognition in Free-ranging AnimalsTimothy C. Roth *1, Aaron R. Krochmal *2, William B. Gerwig, IV 1, Sage Rush 3, Nathaniel T. Simmons 2, Jeffery D. Sullivan 4, Katrina Wachter 5
1Department of Psychology, Franklin and Marshall College, 2Department of Biology, Washington College, 3University of Pennsylvania, 4School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, Auburn University, 5Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida
This paper describes a novel protocol that combines the pharmacological manipulation of memory and radio telemetry to document and quantify the role of cognition in navigation.