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  • Animal models of addiction
  • Decision-making under uncertainty

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  • Pigeons exhibit suboptimal choices in probabilistic reinforcement tasks, serving as a model for gambling behavior.
  • Replicating this gambling-like behavior in rats has proven challenging.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate rats' decision-making in probabilistic reinforcement tasks with and without informative stimuli.
  • To examine the effects of acute methamphetamine on this behavior in rats.

Main Methods:

  • Rats were trained on two-alternative tasks offering 50% or 100% reinforcement.
  • Sessions were either reliably signalled (predicting reinforcement/non-reinforcement) or un-signalled.
  • Acute methamphetamine was administered to assess its impact on choice preference.

Main Results:

  • Rats showed a greater preference for the optimal (100%) alternative in signalled sessions compared to un-signalled sessions.
  • Methamphetamine administration increased preference for the suboptimal (50%) alternative, but only in signalled sessions.

Conclusions:

  • Rats can utilize predictive cues to avoid suboptimal choices, differing from pigeons in this gambling model.
  • Methamphetamine's effect on probabilistic choice in rats is dependent on the presence of informational stimuli, indicating context-specific effects.