Three Laboratory Procedures for Assessing Different Manifestations of Impulsivity in RatsRodrigo Sosa *1, Pablo Saavedra 2, Roberto Niño de Rivera 1, Gustavo Lago 1, Patsy Moreno 1, Oscar Galicia-Castillo 1, César Hernández-Guerrero 3, Mario Buenrostro-Jáuregui *1
1Laboratorio de Neurociencias, Universidad Iberoamericana, 2Departamento de Psicología, Universidad Anáhuac México Sur, 3Departamento de Salud, Universidad Iberoamericana
We present three protocols that assess different forms of impulsivity in rats and other small mammals. Intertemporal choice procedures evaluate the tendency to discount the value of delayed outcomes. Differential reinforcement of low rates and feature-negative discrimination evaluate response inhibition capacity with and without punishment for inappropriate responses, respectively.
