Final Results

I have included a final weight/food chart, a bar graph indicating average bar presses per session, and a line graph exhibiting Tortellini's behavioral progression:

                                                

                                        

This has been such an enjoyable experience to be able to have during my undergraduate career. I am typically not excited about class projects, but this project has been so much fun. I even made a new friend--Tortellini! I honestly enjoyed every aspect of this project, so I have no complaints. It was incredibly surprising to see the rats press the bar from FR1 all the way up to FR20. The only challenge Tortellini and I experienced was keeping her attention on training. I had previously mentioned that I would have added another day of whichever schedule she did not train long for, but she was getting such a high number of bar presses. So I just kept increasing her FR schedule until we reached 20. I was also surprised at the relationship I built with Tortellini. If I knelt down by her cage, and my friend knelt down on the other side of her cage, she would always climb onto my shoulder instead of my friend's. I truly believe that Tortellini knows who I am, and I would have never thought that a rat could determine who its owner was. 
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