Serial feature negative training to a target unconditioned stimulus.

abstract：:Being motivated means exerting effort toward a goal. The 'law of least work' emphasizes a preference for exerting relatively less effort. The law crosses boundaries among species and between physical and mental work. Organisms should be highly sensitive to shifts in effort-reward balance (ERB) in order to make optimal...

journal_title：Behavioural processes

authors： Knauss ZT,Filipovic M,Smith KA,Queener MM,Lubera JA,Bolden-Hall NM,Smith JP,Goldsmith RS,Bischoff JE,Miller MK,Cromwell HC

更新日期：2020-12-01 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：:The present experiments examined whether external contextual stimuli can acquire inhibitory properties through a simple differential context-reinforcement procedure. Rats first received discrimination training sessions in which an electric footshock was consistently delivered in one context, but not in a second, diffe...

journal_title：Behavioural processes

authors： Maes JH,Vossen JM

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of tail-pinch stress interpolated between the saccharin conditioned stimulus (CS) and the illness-inducing unconditioned stimulus (US) during long-trace taste-aversion conditioning was examined in young- and old adult rats with a two-cylinder (saccharin versus water) test. A 2 x 2 x 4 factorial ANOVA was pe...

journal_title：Behavioural processes

authors： Misanin JR,Kaufhold SE,Paul RL,Hinderliter CF,Anderson MJ

更新日期：2006-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Characteristics of the human-animal bond can be influenced by both owner-related and pet-related factors, which likely differ between species. Three studies adapted the Monash Dog-Owner Relationship Scale (MDORS) to permit assessment of human-cat interactions as perceived by the cat's owner. In Study 1293 female cat o...

journal_title：Behavioural processes

authors： Howell TJ,Bowen J,Fatjó J,Calvo P,Holloway A,Bennett PC

更新日期：2017-08-01 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：:Ctenodactylus gundi, a colonial rodent inhabiting saharian Atlas, is often seen standing at the top of the rocks. At more or less regular intervals, another conspecific is taking the place of the "resident" animal. This relief impues only amicable reliationships and is to be considered as a kind of cooperation. The fu...

journal_title：Behavioural processes

authors： Gouat P,Ggouat J

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many animal species hoard food by carrying it to their home area. In this experiment we evaluated the interaction between persistent (formalin) pain and food-hoarding behaviour. A food-hoarding apparatus, consisting of a home cage connected with an alley at the end of which were placed food pellets, was used to test (...

journal_title：Behavioural processes

authors： Aloisi AM,Carli G

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elucidating the multi-faceted relationship between cognitive competence and affective states is a major pursuit in behavioral sciences. Mood disorders constitute a good research model for this question, as cognitive impairment may accompany clinical depression and persist after full remission. This suggests cognitive ...

journal_title：Behavioural processes

authors： Atesyakar N,Canbeyli R,Unal G

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primates perceive many object features through vision and touch. To date, little is known on how the synergy of these two sensory modalities contributes to enhance object recognition. Here, we investigated in capuchin monkeys (N = 12) whether manipulating objects and retaining tactile information enhanced visual recog...

journal_title：Behavioural processes

authors： Carducci P,Squillace V,Manzi G,Truppa V

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess how variable is the aggressive behavior among families (A, B, and C) and the experience effect of fighting among juvenile Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis), we performed a total of 36 pairs of intrafamily and interfamily contests between three families of Eriocheir sinensis, qualifying and quantifying...

journal_title：Behavioural processes

authors： Li Y,Jiang Q,Fan S,Sun N,Li XD,Zheng Y

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In spite of interest in the cultural transmission of animal behaviour, observational learning has not previously been demonstrated in Japanese quail. In the present experiment three groups of 10 quail were trained to peck for reinforcement under discriminative stimulus control. The group which was allowed to observe p...

journal_title：Behavioural processes

authors： Sanavio E,Savardi U

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to evaluate whether dogs that exhibit stereotypy also show higher behavioral persistence in an extinction-learning task. Thirteen pet dogs with stereotypy and 13 breed-matched control dogs were assessed on a resistance to extinction test. Each dog was trained for 40 trials using a food...

journal_title：Behavioural processes

authors： Protopopova A,Hall NJ,Wynne CD

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extinction of learning is a common, yet under-reported limitation of judgment bias testing methods Repeated exposure to the ambiguous probe of a judgment bias paradigm encourages the animal to cease display of the required behaviours. However, there remains a need to repeatedly test animals to achieve statistical powe...

journal_title：Behavioural processes

authors： Barker TH,Howarth GS,Whittaker AL

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proceptive and receptive aspects of behaviour were studied during the oestrus cycle of the female pig. These aspects were studied in a T-maze with one or two stimulus compartments that did or did not contain a teaser boar. Receptive behaviour was observed during several consecutive days and was quantified in front of ...

journal_title：Behavioural processes

authors： de Jonge FH,Mekking P,Abbott K,Wiepkema PR

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Birds gather visual information through scanning behavior to make decisions relevant for survival (e.g., detecting predators and finding food). The goal of this study was (a) to review some visual properties involved in scanning behavior (retinal specialization for visual resolution and motion detection, visual acuity...

journal_title：Behavioural processes

authors： Fernández-Juricic E

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adult participants played computerised games of "Paper Scissors Rock". Participants in one group were told that they were playing against the computer, and those in the other group were told that they were playing against another participant in the adjacent room. The participant who won the most games would receive a ...

journal_title：Behavioural processes

authors： Lie C,Baxter J,Alsop B

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hosts of interspecific brood parasites often evolve antiparasitic defences, like the recognition and rejection of parasite's eggs. Most hosts use differences in coloration and maculation to discriminate between their own and parasitic eggs, but there are a few cases of hosts using the size of eggs as a cue. To recogni...

journal_title：Behavioural processes

authors： Tosi-Germán RA,Tassino B,Reboreda JC

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aggression is an extremely complex behaviour and female aggression is understudied when compared to males. Despite the fact that it has been suggested that conflict among females may be more frequently resolved peacefully, in many species females show high levels of aggression. We used Cichlasoma dimerus to describe d...

journal_title：Behavioural processes

authors： Scaia MF,Morandini L,Noguera CA,Ramallo MR,Somoza GM,Pandolfi M

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this work was to study the effect of early weaning on alimentary preference for the macronutrients protein, carbohydrate and fat in adult rats. Male Wistar rat pups were weaned by separation from the mother at 15 (D15) or 30 (D30) days old. Body weight and food intake were measured every 30 days until...

journal_title：Behavioural processes

authors： dos Santos Oliveira L,de Lima DP,da Silva AA,da Silva MC,de Souza SL,Manhães-de-Castro R

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An eight-rat eight-station operant conditioning arena was used to study the spatial structure and temporal stability of foraging dispersion patterns. Food was obtained by bar pressing as the population was exposed to an ascending series of the fixed and variable aspects of ratio and interval schedules of reinforcement...

journal_title：Behavioural processes

authors： Goldstein SR,Johnson P,Ward G

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the effects of cue competition on timing in both overshadowing and blocking operant procedures with pigeons. A white center key delivered reward when pecked 30s after a red or green sidekey was presented and 10s after presentation of the alternate color on the other sidekey. In Experiment 1, key presentatio...

journal_title：Behavioural processes

authors： McMillan N,Roberts WA

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied seasonal habitat use of female, mixed-sex and male groups in a free-ranging mouflon (Ovis gmelini) population. The three group types differed in the use of the five different habitats (forests, broom moorlands, heather moorlands, meadows and rocky areas) only in spring (lambing period) and in autumn (ruttin...

journal_title：Behavioural processes

authors： Cransac N,Hewison AJ

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three experiments investigated foraging by rats and pigeons. In Experiment 1, each response on a manipulandum delivered food to a cup, with the distance between the manipulandum and the cup varying across conditions. The number of responses made before traveling to collect and eat the food increased with distance for ...

journal_title：Behavioural processes

authors： Reilly MP,Posadas-Sánchez D,Kettle LC,Killeen PR

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whereas many non-human species have been demonstrated to visually complete partly occluded figures, pigeons have been repeatedly failed to do so. We asked whether this failure reflected the pigeons' lack of perceptual process for completion or their decision among completed and non-completed figures. Four pigeons sear...

journal_title：Behavioural processes

authors： Fujita K,Ushitani T

更新日期：2005-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Building on the work of Ralph Miller and coworkers (Miller and Matzel, 1988; Denniston et al., 2001; Stout and Miller, 2007), I propose a new formalization of the comparator hypothesis that seeks to overcome some shortcomings of existing formalizations. The new model, dubbed ecco for "Error-Correcting COmparisons," re...

journal_title：Behavioural processes

authors： Ghirlanda S

更新日期：2018-09-01 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：:Lateralisation, the different use of one or other side or appendix of the body, is basically determined by brain asymmetry which, in turn, is likely to be due to adaptive reasons. Several studies have been carried out on birds in general. However, birds of prey in particular, although they are very good candidates, ha...

journal_title：Behavioural processes

authors： Csermely D

更新日期：2004-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The sequential choice model (SCM) proposes that latencies to accept options presented alone can be used to predict preferences between these options when they are presented simultaneously. SCM has been proposed and tested in experiments where only two alternatives were present. To further challenge the model, we train...

journal_title：Behavioural processes

authors： Vasconcelos M,Monteiro T,Aw J,Kacelnik A

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-six male rats, maintained on a 23-h food deprivation regime, were trained on a DRL learning schedule. During pretraining (CRF) rats were placed in two groups according to speed in obtaining the criterion (good and poor learners). The performance of good and poor learners, injected with lysine vasopressin (LVP) ...

journal_title：Behavioural processes

authors： Alliot J,Alexinsky T

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00