Variants and related tests

The water maze has many cousins. Some keep the water and change the platform; some drain the pool altogether; some move the whole thing into virtual reality so people can take the test too. Each page here sets out how the test works and answers the questions people ask most.

• Atlantis platformA platform that rises only when the animal earns it.
• Barnes mazeA dry-land spatial test with an escape hole.
• Arm mazesT, Y, plus and radial arm mazes.
• Open fieldOpen field, novel objects, zones and freezing.
• Forced swimClimbing, swimming, diving and floating.
• Precision trackingCamera, lighting and IR marking for fine tracking.
• Virtual water mazeWater maze tests for people, in virtual reality.

HVS Image tracks most of these tests; see what you can do with HVS Image.