Passive avoidance is a fear-motivated test classically used to assess short-term or long-term memory on small laboratory animals (rat, mice).
Features
The passive avoidance paradigm requires the subjects to behave contrary to their innate tendencies for preference of dark areas and avoidance of bright ones.
The Passive Avoidance task is useful for evaluating the effect of novel chemical entities on learning and memory as well as studying the mechanisms involved in cognition.
