Brown Mouse Observation
In stage one, the hole count was left at fourteen. The mice were not on any psychoactive substances at this time. The white mouse was able to find her way to the end of the maze at 1 minute. She showed signs of stress, and overall anxiousness. The brown mouse was slower then her counterpart, completing the maze at 2 minutes and 53 seconds. She also showed signs of stress and discomfort. Lastly, the black mouse found the cheese in 10 seconds, but discovered and explored the whole maze in 2 minutes and 30 seconds. Overall, these weren’t bad scores for mice that were in their normal state of mind. Besides the stress and anxiety of me trying to catch them, picking them up, and putting them in a mysterious box with the exits closed off, the mice
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The brown mouse was given 50 mg of aniracetam. The consumption time was at 10:10 PM, with a wait time of 40 minutes since the peak for the effects of this smart drug is between 30 minutes to 60 minutes. The brown mouse was calm at first, and I thought she would be ready for the experiment. However, the drug seemed to not work too well to calm him down enough to fully explore the maze. The completion time was above one minute before I stopped the watch since she would not continue the experiment. She showed signs of distress, heavy breathing, and was very agitated and anxious once I released her back into her cage. The black mouse, who commonly associates with the brown one and plays with them, the brown mouse made a variety of squeals and noises, and scratched/pawed the other mouse of some sort. I decided to let the mouse be, and to not conduct any more experiments for her because of her …show more content…
This however, turned out to be the most challenging task. The mice learned what the cheese was being used for in my observation, as they would sniff it, and then all of them would refuse to eat it. I decided to put the adderall into their water supply, and to nudge the white mouse towards it. The white mouse showed no interest in it. Instead, he only sniffed it, and then retreated to burrow under the mesh that was in the cage. The brown mouse would not drink the laced water either, and went to cuddle with the white
The brown mouse was given 50 mg of aniracetam. The consumption time was at 10:10 PM, with a wait time of 40 minutes since the peak for the effects of this smart drug is between 30 minutes to 60 minutes. The brown mouse was calm at first, and I thought she would be ready for the experiment. However, the drug seemed to not work too well to calm him down enough to fully explore the maze. The completion time was above one minute before I stopped the watch since she would not continue the experiment. She showed signs of distress, heavy breathing, and was very agitated and anxious once I released her back into her cage. The black mouse, who commonly associates with the brown one and plays with them, the brown mouse made a variety of squeals and noises, and scratched/pawed the other mouse of some sort. I decided to let the mouse be, and to not conduct any more experiments for her because of her …show more content…
This however, turned out to be the most challenging task. The mice learned what the cheese was being used for in my observation, as they would sniff it, and then all of them would refuse to eat it. I decided to put the adderall into their water supply, and to nudge the white mouse towards it. The white mouse showed no interest in it. Instead, he only sniffed it, and then retreated to burrow under the mesh that was in the cage. The brown mouse would not drink the laced water either, and went to cuddle with the white