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Different experimental models are applied by researchers to study cooperation in animals. In the present study we designed a model of cooperation in which both animals in a pair had to touch a stimulus light (conditioned signal) within a short period of time. The model was implemented by using the Rat Touch Screen Chamber (Lafayette Instrument, USA) that is controlled through the Lafayette Instrument's versatile ABET II hardware and Whisker's Control system. On this platform, we created our own applications (Schedule Designer) that allowed to display a stimulus, to detect behavioral acts (response to the stimulus), and to analyze the data obtained.