Habituation in the neonatal rat
- 1 March 1974
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Developmental Psychobiology
- Vol. 7 (2) , 121-127
- https://doi.org/10.1002/dev.420070204
Abstract
Habituation of a head‐raising and turning response elicited by a puff of air directed at the dorsal body surface was investigated in neonatal rats over the first 7 days postpartum. The procedures used provided controls for litter effects, spontaneous activity, body temperature loss, sensitization effects, and handling. From Day 3 the response could be elicited significantly more frequently than it occurred spontaneously. Thereafter, on each successive day, the animals required an increasing number of trials to habituate this response.Keywords
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