Delay discounting task in pigs reveals response strategies related to dopamine metabolite

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 120, Issue , 2013, Pages 182-192

  Melotti, Luca ^a   Thomsen, Liat Romme ^b   Toscano, Michael J ^a   Mendl, Michael ^a   Held, Suzanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aggression; Coping style; Delay discounting; Dopamine; Impulsivity

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; EXPERIMENTAL PIG; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; IMPULSIVENESS; LATENT PERIOD; MENTAL TASK; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD;

AGGRESSION; COPING STYLE; DELAY DISCOUNTING; DOPAMINE; IMPULSIVITY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DOPAMINE; FOOD; GROWTH; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; REWARD; SEROTONIN; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWINE;

EID: 84883324883     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2013.08.009     Document Type: Article

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