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Everyone starts somewhere. Here is the gentle way in.
The Morris water maze looks almost too simple: a round pool, some cloudy water, a platform hiding just under the surface, and a rodent that would rather not be swimming. Yet that simple set-up has become one of the most used tests of spatial learning and memory in neuroscience.
These pages walk you through it in order. Read them in sequence if you are new, or dip in if you just need one answer.
- What is the water maze?The maze in a nutshell, with the original introduction from 1998.
- History, and the two MorrisesRichard Morris, Roger Morris, and the papers that started it all.
- Why it mattersWhy each part of the test is there, in plain words.
- Your first experimentA quick-start and a bench checklist for your first study.
: Not sure what a word means? The glossary has 50 terms in plain words.
A short outside explainer: what is the Morris water maze (MWM)?