Bachelor Blog / #6 playing around
on Monday, September 18th, 2023 12:51 | by Ellie
Since the results I got after training the parental flies looked a bit odd on first sight I decided to take a closer view…
First I excluded some weird animals that either showed a larger preference for one side than avoidance or showed no avoidance two training periods in a row:
![](https://lab.brembs.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Screenshot-2023-09-18-121413-1-1024x573.png)
Next I compared the behavior of flies that showed avoidance but no learning with the behavior of the remaining flies:
![](https://lab.brembs.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Screenshot-2023-09-18-121512-1-1024x573.png)
-> Avoidance is almost the same but note the first test period!
Lastly I split the data according to male and female flies. Here is what I got:
![](https://lab.brembs.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Screenshot-2023-09-18-121527-1-1024x575.png)
-> Looks a bit like there is negative learning in the male flies however I don´t have enough data to be sure…
As an overview here are all the flies (except for the excluded ones) together again:
![](https://lab.brembs.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/all-flies-1024x393.png)
Category: Habit formation, Memory, Operant learning, Operant reinforcment, operant self-learning, Spontaneous Behavior, transgenerational epigenetic inheritance
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