Laboratory Studies of Antipredator Behavior in the Mongolian Gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus): Factors Affecting Response Attenuation with Repeated Presentations

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 155-163

  Ellard, Colin G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FEAR; FEMALE; GERBIL; HABITUATION; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PREDATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; VISION;

ANIMALS; AROUSAL; ESCAPE REACTION; FEAR; FEMALE; GERBILLINAE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0030162728     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.110.2.155     Document Type: Article

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