A cost-benefit analysis is a weighing-scale approach that the brain performs during the course of decision making. Here, we propose a protocol to train rats on an operant-based decision-making paradigm where rats choose higher rewards at the expense of waiting for 15 s to receive them.
Kermani, M., Fatahi, Z., Sun, D., Haghparast, A., French, C. Operant Protocols for Assessing the Cost-benefit Analysis During Reinforced Decision Making by Rodents. J. Vis. Exp. (139), e57907, doi:10.3791/57907 (2018).