Sentence examples for during the testing trial from inspiring English sources
The primary dependent variable was percent time spent in the cocaine-paired chamber during the testing trial, which was calculated by dividing time spent in the drug-paired chamber by total time spent in the black and white chambers and multiplying by 100.
Rgs7 −/− mice showed significant impairment during the test trial with a novel object in comparison with wild-type littermates.
Indeed, the basic measure was the time spent by the mice exploring objects during the sample phases and during the test trial.
Figure 3 shows that the hippocampal group spent more time in the correct corner during the test trial than in the nearer of the two white corners.
Dependent measures from the test trials included: number of incorrect arm entries (Errors) during the test trial; mean Latency to reach platform (total latency divided by arms entered, i.e., an indirect index of swim speed); and the position (or type) of the First Error during the test trial (where an error occurred).
In keeping with Experiment 1, the experiment also revealed that during the test trial the sham groups spent more time than the hippocampal groups in the correct corner of the arena.
If hippocampal lesions make it hard to appreciate the spatial relationship between stimuli, then during the test trial, the hippocampal-SS group should be able to identify the correct corner, but the hippocampal-WS group should not.
The left-hand panel of Figure 3 shows the mean percentages of time spent by the two groups in the four corners of the square arena during the test trial after the completion of passive training.
Thus the task required subjects to hold the goal-arm in STM, and/or to recall and then process the information on-line during the test trial, after the 1-hour delay.
On the basis of the previous experiment, it was expected that the hippocampal-WS group would spend considerably less time than the sham-WS group searching in the correct corner during the test trial.
In keeping with this possibility, it can be noted that the sham group spent significantly more time in the incorrect black and white corner than either of the white corners during the test trial, ts(10) > 2.07, Ps < 0.05.
