Are 50-khz calls used as play signals in the playful interactions of rats? III. The effects of devocalization on play with unfamiliar partners as juveniles and as adults

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 113, Issue , 2015, Pages 113-121

  Kisko, Theresa M ^a   Euston, David R ^a   Pellis, Sergio M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggression; Communication; Devocalization; Emotion; Play behavior; Play signals; Rats; Ultrasonic vocalizations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; JUVENILE; PLAY; RODENT; SIGNALING; VOCALIZATION;

ADULT; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVOCALIZATION; MALE; MOOD; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; RAT; VOCALIZATION; AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; HUMAN RELATION; LONG EVANS RAT; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; RECREATION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TOUCH;

RATTUS;

AGING; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TOUCH; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 84922448495     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: 18728308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2015.01.016     Document Type: Article

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