Journal article
EARLY STIMULATION OF RODENTS: A CRITICAL REVIEW OF PRESENT INTERPRETATIONS
Abstract
It is widely accepted that extra stimulation, when administered to infant laboratory rodents, has adaptive consequences. Presumed benefits are: (1) accelerated growth and development, (2) reduced emotional reactivity, (3) improved learning performance, and (4) more adaptive physiological stress responses. Levine has explained these benefits by considering such stimulation to compensate for the impoverished rearing conditions of the laboratory. …
Authors
DALY M
Journal
British Journal of Psychology, Vol. 64, No. 3, pp. 435–460
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
August 1973
DOI
10.1111/j.2044-8295.1973.tb01370.x
ISSN
0007-1269