A new method for studying social eavesdropping using male golden hamsters

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 128, Issue , 2014, Pages 202-211

  Lai, Wen Sung ^a   Yu, Wei Chun ^a   Liu, Ching Yi ^a   Kuo, Ming Tsung ^a   Huang, Ching Hsun ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

A new method; Behavioral consequence; Defeat experience; Golden hamsters; Social eavesdropping; Social learning and memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFEAT EXPERIENCE; EXPERIENCE; FIGHTING; INFORMATION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL COGNITION; SOCIAL EAVESDROPPING; SOCIAL INFORMATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL LEARNING; SYRIAN HAMSTER; U SHAPED MAZE; WINNING EXPERIENCE; ANIMAL; CONFLICT; MESOCRICETUS; PSYCHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MESOCRICETUS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84894563148     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2014.01.029     Document Type: Article

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