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Differences in affiliative behavior of weanling rats selecting eating and drinking sites

Abstract

In 3 experiments with Long-Evans rats, the presence of an adult at a feeding site profoundly influenced a conspecific weanling's probability of eating there. Presence of an adult at a drinking site did not have a comparable effect. This indicates that the influence of adult presence at a feeding site on pup feeding site selection, reported in previous studies, is not simply an epiphenomenon reflecting a general affiliative tendency of rat pups. Rather, social affiliation appears to be a factor of special importance in the feeding site selection of young rats.

Authors

Galef BG

Journal

Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, Vol. 92, No. 3, pp. 431–437

Publisher

American Psychological Association (APA)

Publication Date

June 1, 1978

DOI

10.1037/h0077477

ISSN

0021-9940
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