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An assortment of tests measuring sensory and motor performance can determine gross function as well as more precise targets such as lateralized motor movement and coordination.
Cognitive tests utilize standard measures of learning and memory that target global or specific modalities of memory, including the 5 senses and spatial memory.
Complex behaviors are measured by eliciting species-specific social or “emotional” responses from animals, such as apathy and fear. These behaviors are validated by the ability to alter them with the same known genetic markers or psychoactive drugs that mediate the behavior in humans.