Common Toads (Bufo arenarum) Learn to Anticipate and Avoid Hypertonic Saline Solutions

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 419-427

  Daneri, M Florencia ^a,b   Papini, Mauricio R ^c   Muzio, Rubén N ^a,b  

^a INST DE BIOL Y MED EXPERIMENTAL   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

avoidance conditioning; heart rate conditioning; hypertonic saline reinforcer; toads

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONED REFLEX; LEARNING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; TOAD;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BUFO ARENARUM; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; MALE; SALINE SOLUTION, HYPERTONIC;

EID: 38149118128     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.121.4.419     Document Type: Article

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