The Drosophila Y maze is a laboratory task used to study spatial learning and memory in the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster. In this task, the fly is placed at the end of one arm of a Y-shaped maze and is allowed to freely explore the maze.

It is a simple and widely used experimental paradigm in which a fly is placed in a Y-shaped maze and given the opportunity to choose between two arms of the maze. The fly’s choice is recorded and the fly is then given a reward, such as food, in one of the arms. The fly is then placed back in the maze and given the opportunity to choose again.

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