The CognitionWall™ is an advanced experimental setup designed to test discrimination learning, where rodents are trained to distinguish between two or more stimuli (e.g., visual, spatial, or tactile cues). The wall incorporates customizable compartments, barriers, or stimuli to present challenges requiring cognitive engagement, memory recall, and problem-solving. By assessing the animal’s ability to identify and respond correctly to specific cues, the test provides valuable insights into learning capacity, error rates, and adaptive behavior.

The CognitionWall™ is a one-night automated test to efficiently identify discrimination learning impairments in mice (Remmelink et al. 2016), without the time-consuming handling of mice. Mice are rewarded with food when they choose to pass through one of the three entrances of the CognitionWall™. The rate at which a mouse gains preference for the entrance containing the food is used as a measure of discrimination learning. The discrimination learning is an automated home cage testing protocol that works with automatic cages (PhenoTyper™), a video monitoring system, and automatic data analysis system (AHCODA™). Partner with us to integrate CognitionWall™ Discrimination Learning into your studies.