Water maze software: Short audio episodes on what water maze software measures and why, with full transcripts

A short audio series on water maze software: what it measures, which analyses separate real spatial memory from habits, and how to read your results. Every episode has a full transcript.

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On this site

• Episode 1: What water maze software actually measures
• Episode 2: Spatial accuracy: heading, corridors, cones and proximity
• Episode 3: Strategies, thigmotaxis, chaining and the time slice

Recent research using these methods

• 29 Oct 2026, Bioengineer.org: Rats recovering from morphine withdrawal showed better recovery of memory when exercise and testosterone were combined.
• 27 Oct 2026, Bioengineer.org: Aged mice fed a high-salt diet did worse in the Morris water maze; the authors tie this to overloaded mitochondrial clean-up in neurons.
• 22 Oct 2026, Journal of Neuroscience: A paper argued that hippocampus-dependent navigation can run without outcome-sensitive (goal-value) control, a reminder that 'reaching the platform' and 'wanting the platform' are separable.

Summaries rewritten from Google Alerts news reports; outlets credited.