Response Latencies of Female Rats during Sexual Intercourse

2 June 1961

journal article
research article
Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science

Vol. 133 (3466) , 1771-1773
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.133.3466.1771

Abstract

A female rat, by operating a lever, causes the presentation of a potent male rat and subsequent sexual contact. The female shows contact-response latencies that vary according to the nature of the contact. Latencies after ejaculations are longer than those after intromissions, which in turn exceed those after mounts.