Transitive Inference in Rats

Transitive Inference in Rats
Jose Pena ’25 Neuroscience major
Laura Betances ’25 
Biology major, community health minor
Yamilet Nieves ’26, 
Neuroscience and Health Policy and Management major
Tess Cody ’25, 
Neuroscience major
Conor Ollendike ’26, 
Psychology and Biology major
Ashley Sawtelle ’26, 
Psychology major
Margaret Low ’24, Psychology and Health Policy and Management major
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Victoria Templer, Neuroscience

Poster Presentation: Wednesday, April 24, 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Transitive Inference (TI) is a form of deductive reasoning that involves the use of explicitly learned relationships (A<B, B<C) to make inferences about implicitly related stimuli (A<C). In the current project whether rats are capable of TI was investigated.

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