Successive negative contrast effect in instrumental runway behaviour: A study with Roman high- (RHA) and Roman low- (RLA) avoidance rats

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-8

  Rosas, Juan Manuel ^a   Callejas Aguilera, José Enrique ^a   Escarabajal, M Dolores ^a   Gómez, M José ^a   de la Torre, Lourdes ^a   Agüero, Ángeles ^a   Tobeña, Adolf ^b   Fernández Teruel, Alberto ^b   Torres, Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^b Institute of Neuroscience   (Spain)

Author keywords

Behavioural divergence; Fearfulness; Frustration; Roman rats; Runway; Successive negative contrast; Surprising nonreward

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEAR; FEMALE; LEARNING TEST; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; EATING; ENVIRONMENT; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEAR; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; MALE; RATS; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 35248853827     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2007.07.027     Document Type: Article

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