Zebrafish Habituation

Habituation — the reduction of a behavioral response following repeated stimulation — is the simplest form of non-associative learning. In zebrafish, acoustic or vibrational stimuli elicit startle responses that reliably habituate, providing a robust assay for learning, memory, and sensory processing deficits.

ConductVision automates stimulus delivery and response quantification, fitting habituation curves to extract learning rate, asymptote, and recovery parameters. The assay supports high-throughput screening in multi-well plates for genetic and pharmacological studies of cognitive function.