I think that sort of task might be modellable with ACT-R—the hardest part might be getting or gathering the animal data to compare to! Most of the time ACT-R models are validated by comparing to human data gathered by taking a room full of undergraduates and making them do some task 100 times each. It’s a bit trickier to do that with animals. But that does seem like something that would be interesting research for someone to do!
I think that sort of task might be modellable with ACT-R—the hardest part might be getting or gathering the animal data to compare to! Most of the time ACT-R models are validated by comparing to human data gathered by taking a room full of undergraduates and making them do some task 100 times each. It’s a bit trickier to do that with animals. But that does seem like something that would be interesting research for someone to do!