Stereotyped Behavior and Cage Size
- 1 February 1963
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Perceptual and Motor Skills
- Vol. 16 (1) , 231-234
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.1963.16.1.231
Abstract
Twelve feral adolescent rhesus monkeys were observed individually during 10 5-min. periods in each of three different-sized cages. Stereotyped and cage-oriented behavior occurred most frequently in the small cage, sometimes in the medium cage, but never in the large cage. It was concluded that spatial restriction which does not permit "normal" locomotor behavior, e.g., running, climbing, etc., results in substitute motor expression which frequently takes the form of repetitive stereotyped movements.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
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