Conditioned vocalization in rats.
- 1 January 1973
- journal article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology
- Vol. 82 (1) , 152-158
- https://doi.org/10.1037/h0033808
Abstract
Examined 2 crucial variables which might explain inconsistent results of attempts to condition vocalization in the rat: mobility of the S during conditioning and variability of the intertrial interval (ITI). 12 male Long-Evans rats were tested in 4 conditions of mobility-immobility, and fixed and variable ITI. Results support the importance of immobilizing the S, but not of varying the ITI during conditioning. It is suggested that vocal behavior in the rat may be conditioned only when no competing species-specific defense reaction (e.g., freezing) is available to the S. (31 ref.) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)Keywords
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