This protocol describes the modified hole board, which is a behavioral test set-up that comprises the characteristics of an open field and a traditional hole board. This set-up enables the differential analysis of unconditioned behavior of small laboratory mammals as well as the analysis of cognitive abilities.
Labots, M., Van Lith, H. A., Ohl, F., Arndt, S. S. The Modified Hole Board - Measuring Behavior, Cognition and Social Interaction in Mice and Rats. J. Vis. Exp. (98), e52529, doi:10.3791/52529 (2015).