Brief periods of positive peer interactions mitigate the effects of total social isolation in young Octodon degus

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 280-290

  Colonnello, Valentina ^a,b   Iacobucci, Paolo ^a,b   Anderson, Mary Patricia ^a   Panksepp, Jaak ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Emotional development; Fear; Impulse control; Positive affect; Vocalizations

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CATALEPSY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEAR; FEMALE; MALE; OCTODON; PEER GROUP; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STARTLE REFLEX;

AFFECT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEAR; FEMALE; FREEZING REACTION, CATALEPTIC; MALE; OCTODON; PEER GROUP; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STARTLE REACTION;

ANIMALIA; OCTODON DEGUS;

EID: 79952605213     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.20520     Document Type: Article

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