The continuous performance test (rCPT) for mice: a novel operant touchscreen test of attentional function

摘要

RationaleContinuous performance tests (CPTs) are widely used to assess attentional processes in a variety of disorders including Alzheimer’s disease and schizophrenia. Common human CPTs require discrimination of sequentially presented, visually patterned ‘target’ and ‘non-target’ stimuli at a single location.