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Specifying the maximum number of trials in the stage

In brief

You should use the Maximum number of trials in this stage field on the stage's settings page to enter the number of trials that the stage should consist of. This is the maximum number, because you can also create stage end rules which can cause an animal to stop being tested before this if it achieves some type of goal - for example, finding the island in a water-maze within 30 seconds in 2 consecutive trials. Of course, if you don't include any stage end rules in this stage, then the number you enter here will be the number of trials which each animal will receive.

Limits

You must make an entry between 1 and 50.

ANY-maze help topic T0394