Positive geotaxis in infant rats (Rattus norvegicus): A natural behavior and a historical corrections

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 123-132

  Alberts, Jeffrey R ^a   Motz, Benjamin A ^a   Schank, Jeffrey C ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GRAVITY; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NEWBORN; NON-PROGRAMMATIC; PHYSIOLOGY; PROPRIOCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; VIDEORECORDING;

NON-PROGRAMMATIC;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CUES; FEMALE; GRAVITATION; MALE; MOVEMENT; PROPRIOCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 3042572357     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.118.2.123     Document Type: Article

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