Guinea pig's immobility response to sound: Threshold and habituation.
- 1 January 1966
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology
- Vol. 61 (2) , 227-233
- https://doi.org/10.1037/h0023135
Abstract
Minimum tone levels (.125-32.0 kc.) that produced immobility responses (IRs) in 6 guinea pigs were near the thresholds of audibility and 60-90 db. below those for pinna reflexes. The guinea pig''s audibility curve is near man''s to about 10 kc. but extends to 32 or 50 kc. Durations of IRs to tone initially ranged from 2 sec. to 36 min. and were longer for high than low SPLs; responses ceased in 10-13 trials. Generalization gradients over frequency and intensity showed selective habituation. IRs were evidently influenced by motivational variables and by stimulus novelty.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
- Exploratory behavior in several species of rodents.Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 1964
- The duration of tonic immobility in guinea pigs.Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 1956
- Electric Responses of the Guinea Pig Ear to High Audio FrequenciesAmerican Journal of Physiology-Legacy Content, 1956
- “Freezing” Behavior in Rats and Its Social CausationThe Journal of Social Psychology, 1946
- Die Schallstärkeschwelle des Preyerschen Ohrmuschelreflexes als quantitatives Hörprüfverfahren am MeerschweinchenPflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology, 1942
- A quantitative study of hearing in the guinea pig (Cavia cobaya).Journal of Comparative Psychology, 1933
- The relationship between refractory phase and negative adaptation in reflex response. I.Journal of Comparative Psychology, 1929
- The Mechanism of Tonic Immobility (“Animal Hypnosis”)The Journal of General Psychology, 1928