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OPAD measures
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ANY-maze will score the following measures for OPAD:
Temperature when contact broken
| Description | The average temperature at which the animal broke contact with the thermal elements. |
| Calculation method | Each time the animal breaks contact, the temperature of the thermal elements is noted. The result is the average of all the noted values. |
| Analysis across time | This measure can be analysed across time. The result for a time period is the average temperature at which the animal broke contact. for all the breaks which occurred during the time period. |
| Notes | If OPAD is being used with independent control of the left and right thermal elements, then this measure will be reported independently for the left and right sides. |
Number of non-lick contacts
| Description | Reports the number of licks that occurred when the animal was not making contact with the thermal elements. |
| Calculation method | Each time the animal licks, if it is not in contact with the thermal elements, a counter is increased. |
| Analysis across time | This measure can be analysed across time. |
Temperature of interest: time in contact
| Description | Reports the amount of time the animal was in contact with the thermal elements when the elements' temperature was within the bounds of the specific temperature of interest. |
| Calculation method | Each time the animal makes contact and the thermal elements are within the bounds of the temperature of interest (or when the animal is already in contact and the temperature changes to be within the bounds of the temperature of interest), a timer is started. Whenever the animal breaks contact (or the animal is in contact and the temperature changes to be outside the bounds of the temperature of interest), then the timer is stopped. The duration of each timed bout is summed to give the total time in contact. |
| Analysis across time | This measure can be analysed across time. |
| Notes | If OPAD is being used with independent control of the left and right thermal elements, then this measure will be reported independently for the left and right sides. |
Temperature of interest: number of times contact broken
| Description | Reports the number of times that the animal broke contact with the thermal elements when the elements' temperature was within the bounds of the specific temperature of interest. |
| Calculation method | Each time the animal breaks contact with the thermal elements and the elements are within the bounds of the temperature of interest, a counter is increased. |
| Analysis across time | This measure can be analysed across time. |
| Notes | If OPAD is being used with independent control of the left and right thermal elements, then this measure will be reported independently for the left and right sides. |
Temperature of interest: number of times contact made
| Description | Reports the number of times that the animal made contact with the thermal elements when the elements' temperature was within the bounds of the specific temperature of interest. |
| Calculation method | Each time the animal makes contact with the thermal elements and the elements are within the bounds of the temperature of interest, a counter is increased. |
| Analysis across time | This measure can be analysed across time. |
| Notes | If OPAD is being used with independent control of the left and right thermal elements, then this measure will be reported independently for the left and right sides. |
Temperature of interest: number of licks
| Description | Reports the number of licks that occurred while the thermal elements' temperature was within the bounds of the specific temperature of interest. |
| Calculation method | Each time the animal licks and the thermal elements are within the bounds of the temperature of interest, a counter is increased. |
| Analysis across time | This measure can be analysed across time. |
| Notes | If OPAD is being used with independent control of the left and right thermal elements, then this measure will be reported independently for the left and right sides. |
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