“On-line” monitoring of jaw movements in the pigeon☆

Deich, James D.; Houben, Dirk; Allan, Robert W.; Zeigler, H. Philip

doi:10.1016/0031-9384(85)90354-3

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“…This system expands upon previously reported applications of the Hall-effect devices for ambulation measurement (Arms et al, 1984;Bramanti & Tozzi, 1990), accelerometers (Korhonen, 1991), and head (Nienhuis & Siegel, 1989) Tubach, Bleicher, & Cronan, 1994), tooth (Yamada, Yoshida, Kobayashi, & Yamauchi, 1990), and jaw (Deich, Houben, Allan, & Zeigler, 1985) movement recording.…”

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A method for measuring eye movements using Hall-effect devices

Salas

Torres

Rodrı́guez

1999

Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers

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A system for precise recording of eye position and movements in laboratory animals, by means of Hall-effect devices, is described. The system, useful in neurophysiological and neurobehavioral studies, allows the analysis of saccadic eye movements, optokinetic-and vestibular-induced nystagmus, slow tracking movements, eye vergences, and so forth. This small, light-weight, and inexpensive system uses a set of Hall-effect devices and associated electronics to sense variations in the position of high-power magnets fixed in the eye sclera or in scleral contact lenses. The output of the Hall-effect devices is amplified by operational amplifiers, collected through an AID converter, and analyzed in a PC computer by specific software.The systems for tracking eye movements and positions have a wide application in different research and clinical areas, such as neurophysiology, psychobiology, or clinical and experimental neurology. A number of different methods for measuring eye movements have been developed to date, such as electro-oculography (Watanabe & Takeda, 1996; Young & Sheena, 1975a), the search coil technique (Robinson, 1963;Schlag, Merker, & Schlag-Rey, 1983), infrared light corneal or scleral reflecting systems (Bach, Bouis, & Fischer, 1983;Eizenman, Frecker, & Hallett, 1984;Reulen et al., 1988;Young & Sheena, 1975b), videooculography (Discenna, Das, Zivotofsky, Seidman, & Leigh, 1995Ott, Gehle, & Eckmiller, 1990), and laserophthalmoscopy Ott, Lades, Holthoff, & Eckmiller, 1990). Each of these techniques presents advantages, limitations, and inconveniences. Thus, among the most widespread methods, electro-oculography presents the advantage ofeasy application and lower cost, but also limitations of bandwidth, low stability, and contamination by nonocular events. The search coil technique presents long-term stability and high resolution but some inconveniences, such as the difficult ocular coil implantation, the presence of wire leads, the interference of alternating magnetic fields on the simultaneous recording of other neurophysiological variables, and high cost.The present paper describes an inexpensive system using Hall-effect sensors for precisely measuring the horizontal and vertical components of eye movements such as saccades, optokinetic-and vestibular-induced nystagmus, slow tracking movements, eye vergence, and so forth. The Hall effect consists in the generation of a voltage across an electrical conductor carrying current when it is placed in a magnetic field. Thus, the Hall-effect sensors produce an output voltage that changes in proportion to the intensity ofthe surrounding magnetic field. In the present application the magnetic field is provided by a small magnet attached to the eye sclera. The system described here has some advantages over existing tracking methods, because it provides a degree ofprecision, resolution, and dynamic range similar to the most precise and widely used methods, but is small, light weight, and technically simple. In addition, this system allows the recording of eye movem...

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A method for measuring eye movements using Hall-effect devices

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Rodrı́guez

1999

Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers

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“…The apparatus used for head fixation and water delivery has been described in detail elsewhere (Mallin & Delius, 1983;Remy & Emmerton, 1991, Figure 1), as has the system for monitoring jaw movements (Deich, Houben, Allan, & Zeigler, 1985). Briefly, each pigeon was restrained in a cloth bag, and using the headblock, its head was fixed in position just above the opening of a small plexiglass container.…”

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Classical conditioning of jaw movements in the pigeon: Acquisition and response topography

Remy

Zeigler

1993

Animal Learning & Behavior

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“…Furthermore, the CSs that signaled pellet size were presented on either one or two -keys to assess whether spatial separation of the two CSs would increase response differentiation. (Deich, Allan, & Zeigler, 1988;Deich, Houben, Allan, & Zeigler, 1985). The fine wires from the chip were glued to the back of the pigeon's head to avoid entanglement and then were plugged into a ceilingmounted phone jack.…”

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Effects of Food‐pellet Size on Rate, Latency, and Topography of Autoshaped Key Pecks and Gapes in Pigeons

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Zeigler

1996

J Exper Analysis Behavior

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Four pigeons responded under autoshaping contingencies in which different conditional stimuli (red or green keylights) were associated with unconditional stimuli of different magnitudes (large or small food pellets) over successive trials within a session. Both topography (beak opening or gape) and strength (rates and latencies of key pecks and gapes) of responding during the conditional stimuli depended on the magnitude of the correlated unconditional stimulus. Key-peck and gape rates were higher and latencies were shorter in large-pellet trials than in small-pellet trials. Gape amplitudes varied directly with pellet size, although conditional and unconditional gapes were larger than either pellet. These findings were replicated when the key colors were presented either on one or two keys and after reversals of the color-size correlations. Because the unconditional stimulus was varied through pellet size, magnitude was not confounded with food-access duration or quality. These results demonstrate the effects of the magnitude of the unconditional stimulus, in that rates and latencies of both key pecks (which are directed movements toward the key) and gapes (which are independent of the bird's position and key properties) varied with pellet size. Gape measures were unique in that two dimensions (response strength and topography) of a single response class varied simultaneously with magnitude.

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“On-line” monitoring of jaw movements in the pigeon☆

Cited by 32 publications

References 9 publications

A method for measuring eye movements using Hall-effect devices

A method for measuring eye movements using Hall-effect devices

Classical conditioning of jaw movements in the pigeon: Acquisition and response topography

Effects of Food‐pellet Size on Rate, Latency, and Topography of Autoshaped Key Pecks and Gapes in Pigeons

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