Fox urine as an aversive stimulus: Modification of a passive avoidance task

Journal of General Psychology

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 313-320

  Farmer Dougan, Valeri ^a   Chandrashekar, Seshanand ^a   Stutzman, David ^a   Bradham, Kari ^a   Dougan, James D ^b  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Avoidance; Behavior; Fox urine; Open field

Indexed keywords

EID: 23744491470     PISSN: 00221309     EISSN: 19400888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/GENP.132.3.313-320     Document Type: Article

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