Rats use darting as a strategy to navigate between reward and safety during platform-mediated active avoidance under different social contexts.
Karissa Payne, Shannon Ruble, Halle Ness, Helen Durrett, Cassandra Kramer, María M. Diehl
This study examines darting behavior in rats during the PMA task, finding that social context influences darting frequency, speed, and location, suggesting it is a learned navigation strategy.
Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience · Aug 17, 2026Peer-reviewedAnimal Behavior & Cognition