Assertion: laboratory rat | /r/CapableOf | press another lever
Facets:
value: in response to a different tone
type: CAUSE
value: to avoid receiving an electric shock
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: For example, laboratory rats trained to respond to a specific tone by pressing a lever to receive a reward, and to press another lever in response to a different tone so as to avoid receiving an electric shock, are more likely to respond to an intermediate tone by choosing the reward lever if they have just been tickled (something they enjoy), indicating "a link between the directly measured positive affective state and decision making under uncertainty in an animal model.