Learning to stop or reset the internal clock.

abstract：:Object exploration is an increasingly popular experimental paradigm in behavioral sciences. We have begun a series of studies with mice specifically looking at the parameters that influence behaviors in this test. The aim of the present study was to examine the effect of object type on performance in the object explor...

journal_title：Behavioural processes

authors： Heyser CJ,Chemero A

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The depressive effects of noncontingent and explicitly unpaired food unconditioned stimuli (USs) and the recovery from those effects on autoshaped responding were examined in a series of experiments with pigeons. In Experiments 1 and 2, responding to a keylight conditioned stimulus (CS) previously paired with food was...

journal_title：Behavioural processes

authors： Colwill RM

更新日期：2007-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Group choice describes the behavioral phenomenon in which a group of individuals chooses between two behavioral alternatives over time and the Ideal Free Distribution (IFD) [Acta Biotheor. 19 (1970) 16] describes group choice analogous to individual choice and the matching law. Our experiments investigated the usefuln...

journal_title：Behavioural processes

authors： Kraft JR,Baum WM,Burge MJ

更新日期：2002-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Mated pairs of Mongolian gerbils were rejoined by two of their own young, of both sexes, after periods of separation starting when the young were four or seven weeks of age and lasting either one or four weeks. An additional group of young was separated from their parents when six weeks old, this time for two weeks. T...

journal_title：Behavioural processes

authors： Le Guelte L,le Berre M,Coulon J,Amagat C

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the last days of incubation vocalization is a form of communication between the avian embryo and the incubating parent. Commonly, embryonic calls increase when ambient temperature (Ta) deviates from the optimal range, but no information is available on whether the characteristics of the calls differ between war...

journal_title：Behavioural processes

authors： Mortola JP

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fear reactions of ewes towards a human, a human-like model or a control (plastic cylinder 1.95 m high) were studied using a test previously designed and validated, in which 16 behavioural parameters have been interpreted as indicators of fear (e.g. a relatively long time spent away from the stimulus) or absence of fea...

journal_title：Behavioural processes

authors： Bouissou MF,Vandenheede M

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three experiments using rats in an appetitive conditioning procedure analyzed the effect of short and long (50s vs. 1440s) intertrial intervals (ITI) over the acquisition of conditioned stimulus (CS), context (Ctxt), and unconditioned stimulus (US) associations, as well as the effect on the extinction and renewal of t...

journal_title：Behavioural processes

authors： Carranza-Jasso R,Urcelay GP,Nieto J,Sánchez-Carrasco L

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased physical exercise is known to prevent leg problems in meat-type chickens. Our aims were to study in detail the organisation of general and locomotor activity, to determine how physical exercise could be promoted and to investigate the effects of tonic immobility (TI) duration on spontaneous activity. Chicks ...

journal_title：Behavioural processes

authors： Bizeray D,Leterrier C,Constantin P,Le Pape G,Faure JM

更新日期：2002-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:In response to changes in odorous environmental conditions, most species (ranging from lower invertebrates to mammals), demonstrate high adaptive behavioral performances. Complex natural chemical signals (i.e. odorous blends involved in food search), are particularly unstable and fluctuating, in quality, space and tim...

journal_title：Behavioural processes

authors： Masson C,Linster C

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding individual behavioral differences in domestic cats could lead to improved selection when potential cat owners choose a pet with whom to share their lives, along with consequent improvements in cat welfare. Yet very few attempts have been made to elicit cat personality dimensions using the trait-based exp...

journal_title：Behavioural processes

authors： Bennett PC,Rutter NJ,Woodhead JK,Howell TJ

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Delay of gratification (DofG) refers to the capacity to forego an immediate reward in order to receive a more desirable reward later. As a core executive function, it might be expected that DofG would follow the standard pattern of age-related decline observed in older adults for other executive tasks. However, there ...

journal_title：Behavioural processes

authors： Lamichhane B,Di Rosa E,Green L,Myerson J,Braver TS

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of aging on spontaneous locomotor behavior and habituation in a mechanosensory reflex were examined in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Worms were tested at 4 days (at the peak of egg laying), at 7 days (when egg laying ends) and at 12 days post-hatching. Both spontaneous and reflexive movements were s...

journal_title：Behavioural processes

authors： Beck CD,Rankin CH

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The imposition of subordination may negatively impact cognitive performance in common social settings (e.g., the classroom), and likewise, laboratory studies of animals indicate that the stress associated with social defeat can impair cognitive performance. It is less clear whether an animal's predisposition for socia...

journal_title：Behavioural processes

authors： Matzel LD,Kolata S,Light K,Sauce B

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five pigeons were trained to discriminate a constant luminance difference when both reinforcer frequency and reinforcer magnitude were varied in an animal analogue of the human discrete-trial yes- no detection task. Variation of relative reinforcer frequency was more effective in biasing detection performance than var...

journal_title：Behavioural processes

authors： Boldero J,Davison M,McCarthy D

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Models of animal timing often assume the existence of a pacemaker whose variance is produced by a Poisson process. Later stages in these models typically include an accumulator, additional sources of variance, and a process in which the accumulated value is compared to reference memory. Together, these stages produce ...

journal_title：Behavioural processes

authors： Reid AK,Allen DL

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:B.F. Skinner argued that the science of behavior would progress more rapidly without appealing to theories of learning. He also suggested that theories in a quite different sense were possible, but that the science of behavior as of 1950 was not ready for them. The following analysis distinguishes between Skinner's tw...

journal_title：Behavioural processes

authors： Smith TL

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of ectopic pituitary isografts on response to novelty were studied in adult Snell Dwarf mice. Because of anterohypophyseal deficiency, these animals exhibit dwarfism, sterility and marked neurochemical and behavioural deficits. When given the opportunity to move around freely in simultaneously presented no...

journal_title：Behavioural processes

authors： Bouchon R,Misslin R,Vogel E,Ropartz P

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted an experiment on female Anolis carolinensis lizards to investigate whether social factors influenced their selection of an end-chamber in a test arena. We tested (1) whether characteristics of males previously seen in the end-chambers would influence female choice and (2) whether the presence of other fem...

journal_title：Behavioural processes

authors： Stellar JE,White DJ

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of experiments investigated the role of familiarity in the development of individual recognition and social preferences in spiny mice. Pups who suckled from the same mother were able to recognize one another by common maternal labels even though these same pups were also differentially labeled by additional f...

journal_title：Behavioural processes

authors： Porter RH,Matochik JA,Makin JW

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prairie dogs (Cynomys spp.) produce an alarm call when a predator appears. Gunnison's prairie dogs (Cynomys gunnisoni) produce calls that vary in spectral structure according to predator type and specific characteristics unique to the individual predator, such as color and shape. These calls vary depending on geograph...

journal_title：Behavioural processes

authors： Dennis P,Shuster SM,Slobodchikoff CN

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The serial order in which events occur can be a signal for different outcomes and therefore might be a determinant of how an animal should respond. In this report, we propose a novel design for studying serial order learning in Pavlovian conditioning. In both Experiments 1a and 1b, hungry rats were trained with succes...

journal_title：Behavioural processes

authors： Murphy RA,Mondragón E,Murphy VA,Fouquet N

更新日期：2004-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability to utilize numerical information can be adaptive in a number of ecological contexts including foraging, mating, parental care, and anti-predator strategies. Numerical abilities of mammals and birds have been studied both in natural conditions and in controlled laboratory conditions using a variety of appro...

journal_title：Behavioural processes

authors： Agrillo C,Miletto Petrazzini ME,Bisazza A

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Morphological and behavioural effects of testosterone (T) and of 5 α-dihydrotestosterone (5α-DHT) injected daily for a 3-week period at dosages of 0.5, 1, 5 and 10 mg for T and 1 and 5 mg for α-DHT were studied in the adult male castrated Japanese quail. Injections of 0.5 or 1.0 mg T produced only slight development o...

journal_title：Behavioural processes

authors： Deviche P,Schumacher M

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of infants in the communal rearing system of marmosets and tamarins has received little attention although their demands may not be complied by inadequate helpers. As acoustic signalling plays an important role in their social communication, it is expected to be an effective way for infants to signal their de...

journal_title：Behavioural processes

authors： Geiss S,Schrader L

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In two experiments, human subjects were asked to estimate their present values of single delayed rewards and their present values of temporal sequences of three rewards. Present values were solicited by asking subjects to indicate an amount of money v for which they would be indifferent between receiving v at the end ...

journal_title：Behavioural processes

authors： Kirby KN

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used information statistics to quantify first-order sequential dependencies in the social behavior of two sibling wolf pups (Canis lupus). Sequential dependencies in the behavior of the individual pups increased between the first sample (18-32 days of age) and two later samples taken from 34-53 days and 64-106 days...

journal_title：Behavioural processes

authors： McLeod PJ,Fentress JC

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been shown that duration of tonic immobility (TI) reflects predation risk and levels of fearfulness. Since the chances of escaping predation are higher in larger groups, birds from these groups should have shorter TI duration. On the other hand, increased competition between birds in larger groups might lead to...

journal_title：Behavioural processes

authors： Bilcik B,Keeling LJ,Newberry RC

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aposematic prey advertise their toxicity to predators using conspicuous warning signals, which predators learn to use to reduce their intake of toxic prey. Like other types of prey, aposematic prey often differ in body size, both within and between species. Increasing body size can increase signal size, which make lar...

journal_title：Behavioural processes

authors： Smith KE,Halpin CG,Rowe C

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypothalamic levels of TRH were contrasted in identified dominant and submissive (housed together for 4 days) Swiss male mice and undisturbed 'isolated' counterparts. Both dominants and submissives had significantly higher titres of this hormone than the 'isolates', suggesting that the experience of fighting relativel...

journal_title：Behavioural processes

authors： Mainardi M,Vescovi PP,Valenti G,Martino E,Brain PF

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When the same set of individuals are placed in different social contexts, some groups members often experience a change in dominance status. We examined the context-dependence of social status using a group fusion protocol in male green swordtail fish (Xiphophorus helleri). Six individuals were matched for size and se...

journal_title：Behavioural processes

authors： Earley RL,Dugatkin LA

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00