Social conditioned place preference in the captive ground squirrel (Ictidomys Tridecemlineatus): Social reward as a natural phenotype

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 291-303

  Lahvis, Garet P ^a   Panksepp, Jules B ^a   Kennedy, Bruce C ^a,d   Wilson, Clarinda R ^b   Merriman, Dana K ^c  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Altruism; Camaraderie effect; Classical conditioning; Play fighting; Social reward

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING; FEMALE; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; REWARD; SCIURIDAE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WILD ANIMAL;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; MALE; PHENOTYPE; REWARD; SCIURIDAE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84938743653     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0039435     Document Type: Article

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