Effect of Delay between Group Housing and Testing on Reduction of Emotionality
- 1 February 1969
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Reports
- Vol. 24 (1) , 199-202
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1969.24.1.199
Abstract
Rats subject to delay between group housing and testing did not show the reduction in emotionality commonly found. The effect dissipated linearly with time between group housing and open-field testing.Keywords
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